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    i machine up a 425 nail head not to long ago that job was about 3800. with my work and parts at the time my friend was machining up a 392 we were comparing notes on parts and price he told me that main bearings were hard to find .as well as the lifters were a off size lifter bore size from stock and he had to send them out for a reface .thing you would not thing to much about can cost alot of $$ like the bearing for the hemi and the nail head were hi has well as the shaft rocker parts even that i rearc the rockers i still had some that were no good so i had find some to buy. new old stock ones$$$$ so there cool and i like to machine and build them get ready to spend some $$$ i was going to do a ford flat head for a guy gave him the price on parts and machine work he was jump off the floor mad . the stuff is not cheap not like a sbc and takes more time to find and get the parts
    Last edited by pat mccarthy; 12-22-2008 at 08:20 PM.
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