w8less

what all is exactly is needed to freshen up a bottom end? i got to looking at a local machine shops price list and it looks like it would be close to 1000 in just machining cost.

i know you need to bore the cylinder walls, new bearings, hone what else am i missing?

mattdel

bore is only needed if the walls are in terrible shape, or you want more CID. a hone and crosshatch is just fine otherwise.

w8less

i understand that i am just trying to figure out where the high *** price comes from

aleXander2648

Well being a machinist myself it takes a lot of time a brain power to do the job right. 1000 doesn't seem to high to me. When I did my block It took me roughly 45mins per whole and that wasn't crosshatching at all, that was just being in the machine. See what they charge an hour. And try to make friends with a machinist it pays off in the end. lol

w8less

ok so what exactly has to be done to the block to get it ready for the rotating assembly? just trying to justify it for my dd

motorman524

Yeah, machine work is expensive. They can give you a brake down on the prices. They really liked me. Not only did I have them do everything from boring to checking for cracks, to line bore to.. all the other stuff that they can do, I also bought my rods, pistons, rod and main bearings, cam bearings, freeze plugs, head work, and had them balance the rotating assembly. I know bottom end is SOLID
EDIT:We built it though.

mustangsneverdie

to clean,bore,hone,cam bearings, and freeze plugs it costed me right around $200

w8less

that sounds like a good price. local machine shop wants almost 200 just to bore the cylinder bores

aleXander2648

you have over 12,000 posts and you dont know this stuff?

mustangsneverdie

When I first started building my motors it cost me $10/cyl. and iirc it was around $60 to shave the head