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    chevydrivin is offline CHR Member Visit my Photo Gallery
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    cost of short block build

     



    So does it look like I have saved any money or am I overspending on this build so far? 350 Forged piston/steel crank in summit looks like $2500 or so.
    1967 small journal 327

    Bought engine at junk yard 150 parts
    Sold camel hump 1.94 heads -100 parts
    accBolts/timelight/fullgskts/fuelpump 141.46 parts
    Rebuild kit/balancer/flexplate 660 parts
    bore/cambrgs/rbuildrods/frzplugs/presspistons 289.7 machine
    turn stock steel crank .10/.10 80.25 machine
    Balance rotating assy. 225.77 machine

    total Parts 851.46
    total machine 595.72
    total $1447.18

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    too out dated

     



    if i was u sell the heads and get updated heads like the vortecks heads or word products sr torkers they are all very good price and a hell a lot better than the old double humped heads ask anybody that knows heads.

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    That's not bad. It cost me over $2800 to have a short block done for my 383 four years ago. But that included almost $1300 for a new Eagle rotating assembly. But I had everything done--boring, align boring, decking, etc.


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    Heads were sold thats why there is a negative $100 on the cost. I subtracted the $100 from total cost. And yes I am going to get updated heads.
    The junkyard has another motor just like the one I got before. Prob get it too for $150 and sell the heads for maybe $150 but i don't need another build unless someone else was interested. I would love to have the valve covers off it (sj 327). it has a set of holley alluminum fined valve covers that show definite age. They are flaking a bit but i think they would polish up ok. They have HOLLEY across the top of them. (they do not have any PCV or oil fill holes).

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