RAPTORFAN85 wrote:Maize if you dont mind me asking, how much $ do yu have in this project so far?
What do you think the final tally will be?
thanks
jake
I was originally designing this to be a production based business oportunity. But the interest was not really there. I had bunch of products given to me for the research, and other stuff sold at cost.
The idea was to have this completely done ready to drop in completel with roller rockers for the $2000 mark.
I have more time than money invested at this point. I might have $1500 in it when it is done. Probably less. Some of that expense was non-performance stuff like a new flex plate, a new harmonic dampner, double roller timing chain.
I used the machine shop at Recreational Motorsports to bore out my TB. I made the throttle plate at our local CNC Class at our community college.
I got a set of Doug Thorley headers, I think those were $375 from Summit Racing, with my discount. I also got a 2000 intake manifold for like $100. I modified that to fit the 94 motor configuration.
The valves, valve springs, titanium keepers and retainers were sold to me at cost from Engnbldr.com. It ran me like $120 for all that. The abrassive kit was given to me by Sperry Engines. The Super Flow bench time was donated by Sperry Engines, as well as most of the machine and balance work. I also did alot of the machine work myself. I left the performance valve-job to Sperry Engines.
I spent about 3.5 hours polishing the rods.
The pistons I got off ebay. It cost me $115ish to have the pistons dished. The rings, rod, main and cam bearings I got at cost from Sperry Engines, along with brass frost plugs.
I have about 60+ hours in the head with the chamber, intake and exhaust runner work, flow bench time and machine work.
The engine work was pretty straight forward after the pistons were dished. I have the pistons coated with a thermal barrier coating on the tops, and a poly coating on the skirts at Cool Concepts for about $100ish.
If somebody were to pay to have all this work done, it would be expensive..especially the head work that was done. The machine work for getting the block completely done (ready to put on the head) would probably run about $1000. I know I wouldn't do the chamber and port work on another head like this for $600.
To have somebody build a motor like this, with everything being hired out....I would guess in the range of $3500-4500 maybe a little more.