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#435008 - 03/19/08 03:40 PM $717.96 (Including Tax)
tony barnhill Offline
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Great Pumpkin

Registered: 11/16/02
Posts: 21700
Loc: Gurley, Alabama, USA
That's what the machine shop charged me for all the following machine work to produce a fully balanced 1098 engine for my '63 Midget:

Tank all parts to clean (before, during, after machine work)
Magnaflux block, head, crank, rods
Bore & hone block (020)
Install cam bearings
Install new freeze plugs & tap/install oil galley plugs
Grind crankshaft (010)
Pin fit and rod align/ rebuild rods
Install new balanced pistons on balanced rods
Surface flywheel & install new ring gear
Surface head
Install new guides
Install hardened seats
Install new valves, springs, seals & 3-angle cut
Spin balance all reciprocating parts (crank, rods/piston assembly, flywheel, pressure plate, etc.)

& I may have missed something....

Tomorrow & Friday I'll wipe everything down with alcohol & primer every piece...then, I'll paint every piece the original color & clear coat them......everything to be painted is hanging on my paint rack, the head is on a work bench, & the block is on the engine stand.

Then, Saturday I'll start assembly.
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#435010 - 03/19/08 03:41 PM Re: $717.96 (Including Tax) [Re: tony barnhill]
drooartz Offline
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Yoda

Registered: 03/11/05
Posts: 4406
Loc: Utah, USA
Good deal. You're a busy man, Tony.
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1959 AH Sprite AN5L27843 -- Tunebug
2007 Triumph Bonneville
2009 Honda Fit Sport
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#435017 - 03/19/08 03:50 PM Re: $717.96 (Including Tax) [Re: drooartz]
healeyboz Offline
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Jedi Knight

Registered: 12/31/06
Posts: 1298
Loc: Indianapolis, Indiana
Very nice! And a great deal!!
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Barry

59 Bugeye 1275

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#435025 - 03/19/08 03:57 PM Re: $717.96 (Including Tax) [Re: healeyboz]
racingenglishcars Offline
Luke Skywalker

Registered: 08/30/04
Posts: 1516
Loc: Copenhagen, Sjælland, Denmark
Gosh, prices sure are cheap over there.
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Donn
AN5L/38024 9C-U-H 37353 10CC-DA-H 48589
Rebuild pictures of the FenrisSprite

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#435028 - 03/19/08 03:59 PM Re: $717.96 (Including Tax) [Re: racingenglishcars]
Trevor Jessie Offline
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Yoda

Registered: 11/02/03
Posts: 4759
Loc: Louisville KY
That is a VERY good price from what I remember from the last time I had engine work done.
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1970/2 MG Midget
Future Engine Swap Project
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1275 SuperCharged
Datsun 5-speed
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#435038 - 03/19/08 04:17 PM Re: $717.96 (Including Tax) [Re: Trevor Jessie]
jlaird Offline
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Great Pumpkin

Registered: 11/13/05
Posts: 17640
Loc: Niceville FL
Prices are about the same as my engine machine shop and he is a Brit.
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Jack Laird
Retired USAF


AN5L 24515, Eng. 9C-U-H 16218, Apr. 1959
"Miss Agatha" On the road again and smiling.

We were there, Lake of the Ozarks, 2008!!


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#435073 - 03/19/08 05:28 PM Re: $717.96 (Including Tax) [Re: jlaird]
Morris Online   content
Obi Wan

Registered: 08/31/05
Posts: 2085
Loc: Austin, TX
I would expect to pay almost twice that here. No fair.
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#435077 - 03/19/08 05:36 PM Re: $717.96 (Including Tax) [Re: Morris]
JPSmit Online   content
Silver Member
Darth Vader

Registered: 11/15/04
Posts: 2630
Loc: Ontario
Originally Posted By: Morris
I would expect to pay almost twice that here. No fair.


yeh but you have 500 more cc's - therefore it's really only 50% more - it counts you know grin
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John-Peter Smit

Ms. Triss
1976 Midget 1500
she runs, she drives! now to put her back together

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#435153 - 03/19/08 08:25 PM Re: $717.96 (Including Tax) [Re: JPSmit]
Morris Online   content
Obi Wan

Registered: 08/31/05
Posts: 2085
Loc: Austin, TX
500 more CC's... but 2000 less revs.
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You can live in a car but you can't drive a house.

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#435157 - 03/19/08 08:32 PM Re: $717.96 (Including Tax) [Re: Morris]
blkcorvair Offline
Jedi Knight

Registered: 05/25/07
Posts: 833
Loc: New York
the Machine shop did most all of that to my 1500. Than installed the thrust washers backawards! 5k miles later and here I am knee deep..... [censored] those little things!
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Scott Clareen
#54 Spridget 1500

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#435399 - 03/20/08 01:29 PM Re: $717.96 (Including Tax) [Re: blkcorvair]
GB1 Offline
Silver Member
Yoda

Registered: 12/11/05
Posts: 3319
Loc: NYC, NY
Tony ~ you paid tax ~ devil
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Have you considered a set of SU's to make it sing!

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#435408 - 03/20/08 02:01 PM Re: $717.96 (Including Tax) [Re: GB1]
tony barnhill Offline
Silver Member
Great Pumpkin

Registered: 11/16/02
Posts: 21700
Loc: Gurley, Alabama, USA
Originally Posted By: GB1
Tony ~ you paid tax ~ devil

If its for my personal use, I have to.....
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Tony "theAutoist" Barnhill

SUPPORTING VENDOR

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#435454 - 03/20/08 03:50 PM Re: $717.96 (Including Tax) [Re: tony barnhill]
JerryB Offline
Jedi Warrior

Registered: 07/12/06
Posts: 424
Loc: So. Cal
The quality remains long after the price is forgotten.....sometimes.

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