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Old Sep 29, 2005 | 01:51 PM
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Car: 1986 IROC Weekend, Jetta VR6 Daily
Engine: 350 .030 over 5.7 TPI
Transmission: 700-R4 Rebuilt
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Does all of this listed sound reasonable for 330 w/tax?
My 89 L98 "083" heads:

Maged heads
Hot Tanked
milled valve guides
milled spring pockets
machined for screw in studes
resurfacing
3angle valve job
ARP rocker studs
Assembled
Thanks Alex
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Old Sep 29, 2005 | 02:51 PM
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Car: 1991 Z28 Vert
Engine: 383 single plane efi
Transmission: T-56
Axle/Gears: 8.8 with 3.73s
Yes, that sounds great for around here. The shops around here charge 80 for a hot tank and 80-110 to mill anything really. So you should be OK be central Illinois rates.
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Old Sep 29, 2005 | 03:02 PM
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Wow 80-110 to mill things down there? I've found places up near Chicago to mill a set of heads for $50-60.

Either way, that price sounds decent. Are they providing new valves as well? If so, that's a hell of a price then I'd say. Prices for valve jobs around here were like $320 or something using stock valves and it didn't include hot tanking or screw in studs or anything like that
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Old Sep 29, 2005 | 06:27 PM
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Car: 1986 IROC Weekend, Jetta VR6 Daily
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He is using the old valves. Hes a really nice guy. I lk his shop he keeps it tidy and clean as a machine shop can be. Im only 17 but and this is my first engine build but he doenst talk down to me. He did my crank .010 under and balanced it for 130.00. Just wanted to see what everyone else was payin. Thanks Alex
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Old Sep 29, 2005 | 09:00 PM
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Car: '88 IROC-Z medium orange metallic
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Transmission: 700R4
Axle/Gears: 3.27
That's cheap. I guess they know what their work is worth.
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Old Sep 29, 2005 | 09:13 PM
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na it aint lk that. He has a great reputation. And his quality is top notch.
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Old Sep 29, 2005 | 10:52 PM
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Originally posted by olong_us
He is using the old valves. Hes a really nice guy. I lk his shop he keeps it tidy and clean as a machine shop can be. Im only 17 but and this is my first engine build but he doenst talk down to me. He did my crank .010 under and balanced it for 130.00. Just wanted to see what everyone else was payin. Thanks Alex
I paid $112.50 for a crank grind and $275.00 for a rotating assembly balance. Those are good prices, I would not complain.
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