Originally posted by Bob Parmenter As for "find another machine shop" it comes down to apples compared to apples. One thing I used to tell my customers who objected to price was "you can always have it done wrong for less".

You are right there. I paid $800 for a long block, which brought me here. The cam timing was set wrong. So it was more headache than it was worth. The rest of the engine is fine, but a hairpulling experiance.