[427king]

Heres how i see the market in order of preference AND a value for the car scenario 1]original motor 2]original dated block w original build date but no vin 3] alt vin and dated for car build 4] CE motor 5}dated motor w decked pad 6]restamped restoration motor 7]wrong date and decked block With an emphasis on 1-4 being great options and 5-7 being least favorable. I may put CE at #2 spot,especially since the alt vin and no vin blocks may eventually get described as the original motor down the road and the CE will still remain a constant that being a acceptable replacement that could of well come in the car post assembly adn the car can never get misrepresented with it. [ QUOTE ]
In NCRS judging, a blank pad gets a 25-point deduct for no engine plant stamp, a 25-point deduct for no VIN derivative stamp, and a 38-point deduct if the pad surface has been decked; if it's a factory-broached blank pad, there's no pad surface deduction.

A "CE" block pad is judged exactly the same way (-25 for the incorrect engine plant stamp, -25 for the missing VIN stamp, and no surface deduction if the factory-broached pad is showing and is typical).

Most of the block points are allocated to the casting number and date, and less for the pad, and they're judged sequentially (unique only to block judging):



[/ QUOTE ] So my take on that is if you have a CE motor dated for the car you gain 38 points over a decked block thats dated for the car ,because the CE has broach marks..A never stamped block would be even better but harder to find for sure