i have a 2004 L R disc 2 , was over heating after a new rad & water pump and new heads $$$$$$ 70k on vehicle . i did buy steve johnson cannibal v8 engine , after finding the metal sleves were sliping inside the alumnium block,, had it shipped from ok to ca to my guy auto shop how is very reputable and a personal friend whom i worked with myself. in california ,. paid steve to do everything but the top plenum, from the first start the engine was misfiring profusly. so we went back into the top end [ witch meens removing the top plenum again] which is modorate work $$$$$$$$ just to get to the dist and injectors . to make long story short so, after 2 masterninds , the engine has a rough idle sporting codes po03 4 6 and 8 multple engine misfiring, and 1147,1141after i sent the vehile to him and back 1200$ just for shipping and another 4 k for **** i didn`t even authorise . he put 500 miles on the car as i told him dont send it back until u claer all engine codes.... . ok he said ur truck has no codes and is running fine !!!!!!! i pulled it off the transport and first thing i see is an engine lite , but he instahled an ultraguage engine monitor so that i can cancel the codes.. !!!!!!!!!! am still getting engine codes even after i stop it !!!!!!! it runs great after idle but it shakes like hell at idle . need help ? please thanx leo

 

search my posts and you'll find a machine shop I used in Anaheim 3-4 years ago to put top hats in my son's 4.6 D2 block.

$1,500 all in: machining and flanged sleeves.

40,000 miles on rebuilt engine and no problems.

 

Bill send me their info in a PM and I'll add them to the good shops sticky

 

 

Yep, Q&E, those are the guys.

You can ship the block UPS if you strip it bare (70-75lbs as I recall).

Get a sturdy moving box from home depot, line it with 1/8" (1/4") plywood veener just to prevent any accidental penetrating/puncuturing ($10 or so), then get a bunch of Styrofoam to keep it from moving around and jam it in there tight.

We had a UPS account, so it was like $40 each way.

When your UPS guy asks what's in the box that's so heavy, tell him a V8 block and watch his face. That alone is worth it :-)

Q&E will keep the box if it is well-constructed and ship it back in the same.

Overall a seamless and quite satisfactory experience.

The only issue we had was that Q&E didn't have any tophat flanged sleeves in-stock and it took them 2-3 weeks to get them. But the owner told us that in advance before we shipping so we knew how long it would take.