Thread: And another Dodge

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Well I'm pretty committed to the 218 now. I got the block and crank back from the machine shop, block bored .030 and .010 .010 on the crank. He put new exhaust seats in , new guides in and ground the valves as well. I had had most of the parts bought from line suppliers but my bearing guy said they they were out of the .010 mains so I told the machine shop to get the bearings for it instead. Later he called me and said that one of the cam bushings I got him was out of round so I told him to get them as well. When I got the bill, everything was as expected except for the bill for the bearings was $373! I about shat myself. Mains from Summit are $130 and rods are easy to get for $60 and cam bushings are averaging $45 for a total of $235. Lesson learned on not asking their price thinking that they would be in the ball park of others. I'm still grumpy about it.