Ok guys, heres one to sink your teeth into, I just bought a 34 ft boat with 351 ford engines with vdrives. Both engines are said to have not been winterized and have cracked blocks, at this point that is all I know. my first step will be to fire(or try) them up and see how bad, it seems that there is water in the oil though so I will assume that they are bad. At first I was hoping to maybe find a couple used engines, but being fords there isnt anything I can find. a friend told me he knew someone that would stich weld the blocks, he said it was amazing process, and for like $500 he would go over both blocks??? obviously the 3rd opt is rebuilt long blocks. But I really have a budget of $3000 and a friend is charging $1000 to do the work. What advise can the experts give me ,,, please. $3000 what you got to work with.