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When buying a long / short block like that, what's the total cost look like for core + shipping and such?
Or is a core even needed?
Just trying to get an idea of what total investment is SHOULD a disaster happen to me lol
I was hoping to advert this disaster, but the old tired 4.6 just gave up sadly.
The short block is roughly $4200 with the exchange rate + the lifters, pushrods it comes out to around $4500. The shipping to Florida is around $400-500, which sits it around $5000. That is the price without returning the core. You can return a core for a refund, but the shipping to get that core back to England is so expensive it makes it not worth it.
I spent $450 rebuilding the heads at my local machine shop. And $260 on the ARP studs and upper end gaskets from Lucky8. The oil pump, oil, fluids, and other ancillaries are probably $300-500. So for me, it's sitting a right around $6000.
The long block with Kent cam and gas flowed heads, new front cover and oil pump, water pump, and all gaskets, with no core and shipping to the US was about $7000.
The long block with Kent cam and gas flowed heads, new front cover and oil pump, water pump, and all gaskets, with no core and shipping to the US was about $7000.
Just out of curiosity, was there a long block option on their website? I only saw the short blocks, stripped blocks, and individual heads?
I know Richard Turner (Turner Engineering), he's a very honest and upright type of guy and certainly no cowboy and he'll give you excellent service at the right price.
Another curiosity, anyone know what shop "book time" is on the labor to swap engines?
By "book time" I mean the time in hours that the shop manual say to charge for the work, not the actual time it takes. Most shops charge book rates and hope to get it done faster for obvious profit reasons.
The indie I used, who's a Rover master tech, charged 16 hours. I believe that is book. I'm quite sure he completed it much faster, as he has done tons of motor swaps on Rovers. As a matter of fact, a Range Rover was on the same lift(in the back of the pic) getting a motor right before mine. The shop has three lifts, but tries to use just one for motor and tranny swaps. He did a lot more than just the basic motor swap, but only charged me the 16 hours. Including all new hoses, a new radiator, a transmission drain and fill, a.c. recharge, etc. I'm sure he actually spent more than 16 hours on my truck. He does amazing work and is very fair.
