I was wondering I plan on buying forged pistons and rods to run a 250 shot and had a question about cost. If I took the motor out myself, took it apart, and took the block to a machine work how much would they charge me to hone the block? Im just doing pistons and rods so would I just need to have the block honed or what else would I need to do? But my main question is how much would it cost?Thanks.

 

I think if you got new rods and pistons you would need to get crank, rods, dampner, pistons and flywheel balanced. I'm in the same boat as you-if you the block looks good why not just hone yourself?

 

Well im going to stay away from an aftermarket crank because its a waste of money. I know a bunch of guys on stock cranks running 300-400 shots with their D.D's and a bunch of them running 15-20lbs of boost all on a stock crank so thats a waste of money to me.

 

The machine shop that is getting mine said $225 to hone to 3.905, install head studs and cam bearings

 

and agree with you on the forged crank idea....not really needed

 

Stock crank is fine, just get it rebalanced.

 

yea ok but what if i wanna strokeer, he never specified what he was building??

back to the subject...i had a dirtbike cylinder honed once at a local shop and they charged me $40...now i dont know if the setup for an 8 cylinder block is different from a single....now IF they charge you by each bore, $40x8= about $300..

 

I didn't mean get a new crank-stock crank is great-it's just when you get new rods and pistons you have to send the crank out too to get balanced.

 

All right im confused, the place I bring it to to get honed, they cant balance the crank? Also my build is just going to be a stock block on stock cubes with just forged rods and pistons to handle a 250-300 shot every now and then.

 

They will need your new rods and pistons-i think your dampner and flywheel too.

 

I work at race engine shop and we charge $225 to hone, $175 to balance the rotating assembly. You will also have some charges for initally cleaning the block.....about $75, pin fitting the pistons......$45, resize the rods if needed(some brand new rods are way off), final washing the block ready for assembly.....$40, install cam bearings.....$35, mill the deck surface....$100, checking the align bore size....$40, polishing the crank as long as it doesnt have to be turned.....$50. Then you will have a race ready block ready to go together! Good luck on your build up!