i went to a machine shop with a very good reputation and the guy said it would cost about 5grand for them to build me a short block. thats just a rough estimate. that would consist of all necessary machine work . put in all new bearings, freeze plugs, and oil gallery plugs. it would include all fully forged internals. he said that he would use what ever companies that i wanted. i told him that i want the bottom end bullit proof because im going to run nitrous. he said that he would also balance everything too. does this sound like a good price. he walked me through everything that they would be doing and they don't cut any corners. he said that they would have the motor for about a month. let me know what you guys think. also if you guys could reccommend any good forged products that would be great. thanks alot.

 

need way more info to make any sort of educated guess at how good or bad the price is.

 

let me know what you need. we didn't really talk about the exact parts that they are going to use.

 

Sounds like a lot, you could get a complete forged engine for that.

 

Yeah man you could just buy a whole new engine..

What size block is it? Is it a brand new block or one you're supplying?

 

Sounds steep. How expensive of parts are you using?

Martin

 

im using the 400 that i have. we didn't talk about what parts to use. he just gave me a rough estimate

 

For that price, you could get an aftermarket block, good rotating assembly, and have it assembled at a machine shop.

 

as anyone heard of this company

http://shafiroff.com/406_shortblock.asp

i never heard of them before

 

scott shafiroff makes very good stuff, way better than you may need depending on your application.

 

tell ya what send me 5,000 and ill build you a bullet proof short block .......lol

but seriously thats steep for a good short block when you can order a complete engine for that ..and it would be what you are wanting

 

thanks alot guys. i think im going to send scott shafiroff an email and see what he can do for me

 

Unless he is blue printing an aluminum block with forged pistons and steel crank i'd call you nuts for taking him up on that

 

i emailed scott shafiroff about blue printing the blocks. i'll post his reply when i get it. i was also looking a bill mitchels smallblock 427. looks like a nice deal for 4500 bucks

i don't mean to sound like an idiot, but ive always heard people use the term blue printing and i never really knew what it meant exactly. could someone explain it to me.

 

I think this should do it.

http://www.hastingsinc.com/Service%2...ueprinting.htm

 

thanks that helped alot

 

i talked to one of the reps at scott shafiroff racing. he said that he could build me what ever i wanted. so we narrowed it down to a 406sb with about 10.5:1 compression ratio. we're going to go all forged so that i can run nitrous. i'll be using the afr heads that i have along with the victor jr intake and holley 750 double pumper. he said it would be no more than $5500 shipped to my work. i don't have the money right now but i will be placing an order in a couple of months .