[Wrenchbender Ret]

Originally Posted by 67_C-30

I can have all the machine work done (bore/hone, install cam bearings/freeze plugs, turn the crank, and have a valve job done for around $600. You can buy a Northern engine kit for $180 have build a engine comparable to the basic crate engines for around $800 - $850. You can step up, and buy a Summit engine kit with hypereutectic pistons, Fel Pro gaskets, brass freeze plugs, high volume oil pump, etc. for $250, and get the cam I want and everything else for around a $1000 total, and have a much better engine than the basic GM crate engines. I have built dozens of them, and have made pretty decent money doing them.

The GM crate engines are great drop in option, and there's nothing wrong with them, but since have the tools, mics, gauges and knowledge to build engines, they aren't the best engine I can get for my money.

The last time I did a simple ring valve job I wound up with $750 in it. If we could get those prices around here I would build my own also.