PRHeads
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You do realize the heads are sold individually, right?
$967.50 x 2 = $1935
$967.50 x 2 = $1935
Machine Shop Costs, 440 Build
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In the winter of 74 had my Hemi done. $1,200.00 Total parts, machine work and labor. And this included all new valves as mine were worn. At 6 grand I hope they gave you a bottle and a hooker. ps not headers.
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The Winter of 1974.
F I F T Y one years ago.
I hope for your sake you understand that prices have risen a bit since then, right ?
LOL, I had the 383 that is still in my Bee done in 1978/79 for $300. Was a lot of coin for a kid making $1.95/hr at the time. Picking up my 4 cylinder aircraft engine on Wednesday, over 45 grand cdn for the overhaul.
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Some Car Guy
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Wow that makes the 10k I paid in 2006 for a 3406e rebuild at the Cat house look like a trip through McDonald’s!
Same here. My dad and I overhauled the 318 poly in my 65 Coronet for around $250 in 73.
70bigblockdodge
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Your not touching that nowadays. I dropped over 30k in a ISX last year. Cummins used to be cheap, apparently they moved up to Cat territory.
You can have mid 20k in a old N series.
Cats are getting so old now there is no way your getting your core money back.
I miss the weekend rebuilds on a N series and never miss a load.
Some Car Guy
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wtf the n14 I had was a bread and butter deal like a 350 Chebby!
I was referring to the post about spending 6k in the early 70's on a rebuild. I know costs are up when they wanted my first born for a dozen of eggs.
LSS&B
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Update:
Yesterday 2025-04-14, I picked up the engine from Ballos and dropped it off at Lewis Robertson's machine shop in Charles City VA. Expect 2nd estimate in 2 weeks.
Yesterday 2025-04-14, I picked up the engine from Ballos and dropped it off at Lewis Robertson's machine shop in Charles City VA. Expect 2nd estimate in 2 weeks.
When I picked up the engine they gave me the old parts back. The complete valve train components were in the crate, including rocker tubes and rockers. When we discussed the build and he talked me into not using the original heads. He said he had a set of new heads from a project during Covid that the guy lost his job and couldn’t pay his shop bill. The guy gave him the engine as payment. If I wanted to, he would throw in the new set of complete heads with roller rockers at his cost. He took me into the shop to look them over and they had never been bolted on so it was an easy choice.
70bigblockdodge
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I miss those days. I'm still moving back to one, in a Peterbilt. ISX, and this KW going down the road.
Ya times have changed. Just like buying mopars back then 100-1,000 bucks for nice cars.
Same with my guy. Has all the equipment and does all the work at his home. Save$$$.
I bought my 2000 Pete in 2006 with 435000 miles on the original engine. The CAT shop was offering that 10K rebuild, but I elected to buy extended warranty instead, did the first overhaul at 700,000. Worked out pretty close. New member here who just retired from truck engine repair says current cost to do a pre-smog C15 is 45K if you provide the core. When I sold my truck three years ago, I figured it was worth more for parts than whole, after I broke a frame rail.
Instead, I sold it to one of the partners in the company I leased to, and he restored it into a show truck. I ran it for 16 years, 1.3 million miles.
70bigblockdodge
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I should have bought a cheap truck with a N14 in it and re-railed my '85 359, but water under the bridge now. I still have my '94 379 sitting here needs a engine (original bounced a main cap then broke the crank@ 1.4 million). I'll put it back together, little bunk, smaller tanks, then semi-retired (more part time than I am now), just enough to aggravate the young guys.
That is a pretty truck. I'm a fan of smaller bunks (just a napper, not a sleeper), not a fan of those rear fenders either, just a sucker for low hanging stainless halves or even full length fenders.
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LSS&B
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| Cost Comparison, I used Robertson and bought my own parts except cam brgs/freeze plugs | Ballos | Robertson |
| Block: Clean, Magnaflux, & Pressure Test | $175.00 | $200.00 |
| Install Cam Bearings & Freeze Plugs | $160.00 | $98.00 |
| Bore Job .040 over | $304.00 | $300.00 |
| Align bore main caps | $350.00 | |
| Shot blast crank & heads, remove surface rust | $75.00 | |
| Crank: Clean & Magnaflux | $50.00 | |
| Polish Crankshaft Std/Std Order .001 US | $70.00 | |
| Grind Crank .010 under, wear at mains, polish | $250.00 | |
| Recondition Connecting Rods | $240.00 | |
| NHRA prepped stock connecting rods | $250.00 | |
| Install pistons on rods | $80.00 | |
| Rotating Balance | $275.00 | $250.00 |
| Resurface V8 Block | $300.00 | $200.00 |
| Heads: magnaflux & pressure test | $100.00 | |
| Resurface Cylinder Heads | $140.00 | $150.00 |
| Valve Job - Setup Pair Heads | $200.00 | |
| Valve Job - Per Seat | $240.00 | |
| Install Valve Guides | $240.00 | |
| Install Valve Seats | $200.00 | |
| Bowl blend, 3-angle seats, bronze sleeves | $900.00 | |
| Machine heads positive guide seals/springs/assemble | $100.00 | |
| Hazardous Waste & Shop Supplies | $50.00 | |
$2,594.00 | $3,353.00 |
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ckessel
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Two weeks ago, I took my 74 short block to a shop in Fresno to get the machining done. For cleaning, align honing, decking[ just to get it squared up and flat], boring, honing with plates, r&r cam bearings, r&r the pistons, balance the reciprocating assembly is $1500. Bearings, rings[ moly], pistons[ cast -70 units], main cap bolts is around $700. Two shops nearby me closed down. Other near one doesn't stand behind his work, so thats a no brainer. One shop an hour away was $3k for just the machining. Hard NO there. I will do the assembly, just can't do the other stuff.
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