| Re: How to buy engine components? |
Subject: Re: How to buy engine components? by Aardwolf on 2010/5/7 19:55:37 I had a local race builder work on mine. This is a 355 with a 6" rod and a hot cam. I reused the stock crank. You could save money and reuse the rods. Also I used a forged piston, you can save cost there too. I thought of going 383 but that up classes me for racing. And I'm not sure about how the inexpensive ($280ish) Scat cranks hold up for road racing. I traded my door panels for the cam so that's not in the bill either. Here is the bill: [IMG]http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o130/Aardwolfki/bill.jpg[/IMG] He said he would charge $75 for 383 clearance work. It looks like a 355 can be built around $1000 and about $1500 for a 383 short block, assembled. Pete, it looks like he charges similar to you just in different ways. More for balancing but less for assembly. |
