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07-30-2008, 08:09 PM
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Well, A friend of mine got quoted for bore and stroke plus forged internals for $1800...
Not sure if its because I was with my friend and the mechanic and my father have been good friends since they were about 8 years old or what, but it was a helluva deal.
The guy owns his own engine building shop and owns a 5 sec vette...
Edit: That was also if we pulled the motor out ourselves...
Not sure if its because I was with my friend and the mechanic and my father have been good friends since they were about 8 years old or what, but it was a helluva deal.
The guy owns his own engine building shop and owns a 5 sec vette...
Edit: That was also if we pulled the motor out ourselves...
07-31-2008, 07:28 PM
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I know we were both amazed when he said $1800
We were going to do that when he was set Jeffs Z28 M6. It has like 135,000 miles on it and he was selling it for lik $5000. So Marshall (the guy that was with me) was going to use like the extra $2500 to build the motor and get fuel system and worry about exhaust later on.
but he ended up finding a Z28 A4 with like 65,000 miles for $7500 so all of his money went to the newer one. Hes now got to buy some new tires though because the ones on the car are almost gone. Its got 18X9 Z06's too so tires aint cheap
We were going to do that when he was set Jeffs Z28 M6. It has like 135,000 miles on it and he was selling it for lik $5000. So Marshall (the guy that was with me) was going to use like the extra $2500 to build the motor and get fuel system and worry about exhaust later on.
but he ended up finding a Z28 A4 with like 65,000 miles for $7500 so all of his money went to the newer one. Hes now got to buy some new tires though because the ones on the car are almost gone. Its got 18X9 Z06's too so tires aint cheap
A forged rotating assembly is usually $1800+ so that is a great deal if you have confidence in the builder
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08-01-2008, 07:59 AM
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It all depends on what parts you want to use. I would say average cost is around 5k with mid/top range parts. Now for shortblocks you can tend to pay around 3500.
08-01-2008, 08:21 AM
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i paid 3450 for my 383 from LME eagle crank eagle forged h-beam rods forged aluminum 10.5 probe pistons. spun a rod bearing 2800 miles into an oil change using royal purple (worst oil ever) runs like a bat outta hell now.
