i'm thinking about rebuilding my dohc and dropping it into my 89 and one day going ka-t. i contacted a local machine shop and i was just wondering if this sounded like a good price/ good start for my project?


David here is the information you requested about your
engine build up. Sorry it took me so long to get it to
you.

Parts:
J&E pistons
SuperTech Racing Vales,springs, retainers,and
keepers
Crower Connecting Rods
ACL Racing Bearings
Federal Mogul Performance Gaskets Set

Total with tax: $2591.36

Labor:
Bore Block
Grind Crank Shaft
Valve Job
Port & Polish Head
Surface Head
Check Align Bore
Balance
Surface Block
Assembly Fee

Total on Labor: $1986.00

Total Job: $4,577.36

Thank you for yor patience and I hope to hear from you
soon. We would really like to do business with you.
Thanks,
Tony
Dunkum's Machine Shop

 

all the labor stuff sounds good and so do the parts... except ive never heard of supertech lol. You could save some money and just use oem bearings too. personally, i would reasemble the motor myself, strictly for the experience and becasue ive always wanted to do a engine build.

sorry i cant comment more on the prices, not fimiliar with those costs

 

i just don't trust myself to put it back together. at least this way if something breaks i have someone else to blame.

 

4.5k? Why not just get a SR swap. Cheaper, reliable, comes boost ready, and opens the door for future stuff.

 

^ lol... some people....

anyways.. the prices on the parts sound about average... but the labor seems kinda high... but maybe they do really good work?

You should try pricing out all the parts online though, maybe you can get them cheapers, then take the parts to them... also, supertech makes nice, and good quailty stuff...

sounds like a beast you're going to be building.. with that kind of built engine, it should take 30psi easy.. yum..

 

i'm hoping for something nice but i'm lookin into buying a house so my project might have to take backseat....i also just got a speeding ticket tonight, the last thing the wife probably wants is for me to have a car that would go even faster.

 

yea now if he intends to use this car for any form of racing, and he spins a bearing or does anything to that motor. i dont know deep my buddies pockets are, but he will be searching around for another SR or have to pay to replace parts since he doesnt wanna perform his own work.. the price and demand of the SRs are still pretty high for a almost 16 year old motor ( s13 Sr's ), He will not have to have it " imported from japan" but still it will not be cheap.


now if i spun a bearing in my KA or whatever, i can pick another one up the next day for under 600 dollars
and be back on the road in a matter of hours. and i know cause i have done it 2 times already, but this KA i have now, man this ***** is nice and strong came with 72000 miles and it was auto, making the cams slightly more aggressive.

but thats just me.............

 

sr is way to over done. ka-t isn't as popular and i like the fact that it isn't just hey lets upgrade the turbo. and if i did go sr i would still rebuild the engine so all in all it's cheaper to go ka-t.

 

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhm hmmmmmmmmmm

 

/\ i really wanna try to rebuild the engine myself. i've never done it b4 but i look forward to it this spring hopefully i might just slap on a turbo for now though

 

yo man. on KA-t theres a full full engien rebild i looked at it once, and i mean i know i can do it, i have done every thing on a car ( custom swaps, full body wiring, suspension, body work, etc) except rebuild a motor. the first one i do might not be performance, but to properly teach my self how to do it. ill probably just take a junk yard motor and do it. and also examine what is wrong with it if anything such as cracked or bent valves, cracked sleeve etc.

 

buy a built crate motor form top hat performance or turbo240

 

Engines are easy to build.

SO what add another 2-4k for other parts like turbo, intercooler, injectors,fuel management,.etc

Weak.