yea the guy that i got the motor from knows his engines and has a few shops around here so yea iam going to say its the same guy was it a powerfull engine ? and i called around to get the crank and new bearings done and its going to cost me around $600 if the crank needs to be turned and thats them installing the bearings or $200 for new bearings and $160 for them to put it back together so thats not bad at all but iam going to put a new oil pump and timming chian and maybe a few other things on it before it goes in my dakota