How much did u pay for your block?
05-12-2012, 01:59 PM
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How much did u pay for your block? Price out everything with machining, balancing, blueprinting if it was.
Parts and labor if a shop did everything for ya. ALso what your location is?
All minus the cam, flywheel, timing chain. Just the block with rotating assembly.
Even if you bought the parts and had a shop do the engine build, type in what the cost of parts was and the build anyway. But please specify.
stock short block with forged pistons only? .030-.060 over with machining
Stock short block with all bearings replaced, Forged pistons and resize the rods with arp bolt?
Stock short block with all bearings replaced, Forged pistons and resize the rods with arp bolt and convert to 4 bolt main with splayed bolts?
Stock short block with all bearings replaced, Forged pistons and New forged rods with arp bolts and convert to 4 bolt main with splayed bolts?
Fully forged bottom end ( if so what kit, i.e callies, eagle, scat) (stock stroke and length or 3.75, 5.7/5.85/6.0 rod)
with arp everything, all bearings replaced and 4 bolt main caps
Parts and labor if a shop did everything for ya. ALso what your location is?
All minus the cam, flywheel, timing chain. Just the block with rotating assembly.
Even if you bought the parts and had a shop do the engine build, type in what the cost of parts was and the build anyway. But please specify.
stock short block with forged pistons only? .030-.060 over with machining
Stock short block with all bearings replaced, Forged pistons and resize the rods with arp bolt?
Stock short block with all bearings replaced, Forged pistons and resize the rods with arp bolt and convert to 4 bolt main with splayed bolts?
Stock short block with all bearings replaced, Forged pistons and New forged rods with arp bolts and convert to 4 bolt main with splayed bolts?
Fully forged bottom end ( if so what kit, i.e callies, eagle, scat) (stock stroke and length or 3.75, 5.7/5.85/6.0 rod)
with arp everything, all bearings replaced and 4 bolt main caps
05-12-2012, 07:10 PM
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I believe my machined LT1 block was around $1k including the core picked up from a engine shop in S. Jersey. Machine work included bored .030 over, line hone, clearance for stroker crank, cleaning, new cam bearings, 4-bolt splayed conversion, new freeze plugs and painted. Might be a few minor things I'm missing in the list but that was the just.
05-12-2012, 08:37 PM
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I have $800 in my machine work...line hone, boring, honing, cleaning, stroker clearancing...blah blah the works.
Then I purchased my compstar crank, H beams and carrillo bullet pistons ballanced from Clayton racing for $1925 with bearings and rings
Then I purchased my compstar crank, H beams and carrillo bullet pistons ballanced from Clayton racing for $1925 with bearings and rings
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05-12-2012, 09:23 PM
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i have about 1000 in machine work. .030 bored, clearanced for strocker. 4 bolt splayed caps, deck honed. new plugs, cam bearing installed, hot tank, cleaned, i probley forgot some stuff
05-13-2012, 02:10 PM
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So far my my shortblock is close to 3065 & its not complete lol all the block work for a 396 & billet splayed mains Right at 1000 Callies dragonslayer 3.875 crank, Howards billet rods 5.85 & the bearings for them 2065 still need pistons, timing chain, cam & lifters Pistons will be either Diamond or JE custom nitrous pistons So its gettin done right the 1st time 
05-13-2012, 02:20 PM
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Oh that grand will be close for machine work & having Al Weiss build it I had it at NTX Speed & Machine but that kid done nothin but try to get me to build eagle **** & a cam ground off the dtock one **** That Do I did a search on here & found Al So when I get my last fee parts its goin to him Then its trans & suspension time
Then its trans & suspension time
05-13-2012, 04:51 PM
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Just as a guide, heres mine:
this was a rebuild of the 383 stroker out of my Camaro. (broke the crank trashed rings)
New Mahle Pistons, Eagle Hbeam Rods, Eagle 4340 forged crank. ARP 2000 hardware including main studs and head studs. Splayed the block for 4 bolt main caps. Machining including clearance the block for the Hbeam rods. New Timing chain and water pump drive. Stock length one piece trickflow pushrods. ARP rocker studs. 5 angle valve job, along with a single exhaust valve that was bent. Obviously new bearings, gaskets, ect. TCI neutral balanced flexplate. Moroso windage tray. Everything was cleaned up and painted as well.
The motor was dropped off to the builder minus the accessory bracket/ignition, but complete from intake to oil pan. After assembly, re-assembly, and all the brand new parts, plus setting the clearances up in the motor to handle a healthy amount of Nitrous..... My price in this rebuild is right around 5300.00.
I also got a few extra goodies that I didnt include in the price, like a PTC converter, and a couple of UMI pieces. I'm very happy with the motor, and its actually going in this weekend.
this was a rebuild of the 383 stroker out of my Camaro. (broke the crank trashed rings)
New Mahle Pistons, Eagle Hbeam Rods, Eagle 4340 forged crank. ARP 2000 hardware including main studs and head studs. Splayed the block for 4 bolt main caps. Machining including clearance the block for the Hbeam rods. New Timing chain and water pump drive. Stock length one piece trickflow pushrods. ARP rocker studs. 5 angle valve job, along with a single exhaust valve that was bent. Obviously new bearings, gaskets, ect. TCI neutral balanced flexplate. Moroso windage tray. Everything was cleaned up and painted as well.
The motor was dropped off to the builder minus the accessory bracket/ignition, but complete from intake to oil pan. After assembly, re-assembly, and all the brand new parts, plus setting the clearances up in the motor to handle a healthy amount of Nitrous..... My price in this rebuild is right around 5300.00.
I also got a few extra goodies that I didnt include in the price, like a PTC converter, and a couple of UMI pieces. I'm very happy with the motor, and its actually going in this weekend.
05-13-2012, 10:56 PM
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Forgot my other LT4 shortblock I bought was 400 bucks but that motor is gettin all my left over stock stuff & forged rods with cap screws and forged pistons Its for my S10 that'll be my DD solid axle 4x4 truck a stock rebuild kit came with my t/a so I'm usin it for that build
a stock rebuild kit came with my t/a so I'm usin it for that build
05-14-2012, 12:08 AM
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1400 in machine work...bore .03 , decked , honed, clearanced,etc etc, standard 4 bolt conversion (inluded caps and arp studs)....balacing and blue printing the parts i brought.
2200, in pistons(daimond, upgraded wrist pins), rings, crank(scat forged), and rods(6.0 compstar). for a 383
250 for shortblock assembly ....allowed me to watch me put the block together to gaurantee his work and blue printed
houston engine and balancing.
2200, in pistons(daimond, upgraded wrist pins), rings, crank(scat forged), and rods(6.0 compstar). for a 383
250 for shortblock assembly ....allowed me to watch me put the block together to gaurantee his work and blue printed
houston engine and balancing.
05-14-2012, 02:56 AM
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my long lt1 block came up 2000 bucks they install the heads ajusted the valve train machine my heads its 355 lt1 forged 11.1 trw pistons 30.over balance it was from oilpan to intake im located in south texas
05-14-2012, 09:14 AM
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I picked up a fresh fully forged 383 here on the classifieds for $2100....it even came with a full set of new gaskets and a motor stand Keep your eye's open for deals...the guy who built it decided to change directions and go LS halfway through his build so I scooped it up 
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93 LT1 block, fully machined (Block cleaned, magnafluxed, bored with deck plate, splayed caps installed, line bored/honed, core plugs installed, Durabond cam bearings installed, clean up milled with around .005 removed, stroker clearanced)
Eagle Billet Splayed Caps w/ ARP Studs/Bolts
Ohio 4340 Forged Crankshaft
Ohio 4340 H-Beam 5.7 Rods w/ ARP 2000 Bolts
Keith Black Forged Pistons with +6.4cc Valve Reliefs
Perfect Circle Plasma-Moly Rings
Clevite TM77 Rod and Main Bearings
SFI Approved Professional Products Balancer
SFI Approved TCI Flexplate
Rotating Assembly Fully Balanced (Have Memo with all the weights, it was faxed to me from the company as I lost the original sheet)
Melling M155HV Oil Pump w/ Milodon Pump Bracket, hardened drive shaft, ARP Pump Stud
Moroso 7qt Kicked out Zinc Finish Pan with Matching bolt-on pick-up
LS7 Lifters
New (Comp Cams iirc) Replacement Lifter Spider and Anti-Rotation Link Bars
Herron Billet Aluminum Oil Pump Drive w/ factory gear
Lunati Cam
Lunati Billet True Roller Single-Row Timing Set (For Gen 1 Opti Design)
All Fasteners are ARP (Including the oil pan), except the ones for the lifter spider and the oil pump drive hold down bolt.
Keep your eye's open for deals...the guy who built it decided to change directions and go LS halfway through his build so I scooped it up :93 LT1 block, fully machined (Block cleaned, magnafluxed, bored with deck plate, splayed caps installed, line bored/honed, core plugs installed, Durabond cam bearings installed, clean up milled with around .005 removed, stroker clearanced)
Eagle Billet Splayed Caps w/ ARP Studs/Bolts
Ohio 4340 Forged Crankshaft
Ohio 4340 H-Beam 5.7 Rods w/ ARP 2000 Bolts
Keith Black Forged Pistons with +6.4cc Valve Reliefs
Perfect Circle Plasma-Moly Rings
Clevite TM77 Rod and Main Bearings
SFI Approved Professional Products Balancer
SFI Approved TCI Flexplate
Rotating Assembly Fully Balanced (Have Memo with all the weights, it was faxed to me from the company as I lost the original sheet)
Melling M155HV Oil Pump w/ Milodon Pump Bracket, hardened drive shaft, ARP Pump Stud
Moroso 7qt Kicked out Zinc Finish Pan with Matching bolt-on pick-up
LS7 Lifters
New (Comp Cams iirc) Replacement Lifter Spider and Anti-Rotation Link Bars
Herron Billet Aluminum Oil Pump Drive w/ factory gear
Lunati Cam
Lunati Billet True Roller Single-Row Timing Set (For Gen 1 Opti Design)
All Fasteners are ARP (Including the oil pan), except the ones for the lifter spider and the oil pump drive hold down bolt.