417zq8 t1_j7uv9z4 wrote on February 9, 2023 at 4:05 PM

Reply to comment by WendyArmbuster in a1 machine shop by ilikesoggyfry

Typically get the block honed, the head machined to make it flat, valve seats get pressed in, if the valves need it they can machine them in a process called valve lapping. If the crank needs machined it would be a lot cheaper in your case to replace the motor with another take out unless you are going for big horsepower. Oreilly machine shop is a great resource.

WendyArmbuster t1_j7wpbwp wrote on February 9, 2023 at 10:58 PM

I can get a crate engine for $1,500, but I really want to do it myself. I recently rebuilt my transmission from a youtube video and it was surprisingly quick, cheap, and easy. I think I paid $175 for new bearings and syncros. I've had my engine apart while it was in the car before. I took the rods off and the pistons out, and I honed the cylinders and re-ringed the pistons, but it has 300,000 miles on it now and it needs a boring. It has low compression on one of the cylinders, but a fairly newly rebuilt head.