FINAL BUILD no 302 heads

The shop that did the machining on my block had a machine that registered off the center line of the mains and cam. If they were machining the decks they couldn't help but square them with that machine. This same machine was used for the ruff boring prior to the finish hone with deck plates.

It cost me just shy of $1050 to have the block cleaned, magnafluxed for cracks, the cylinder walls sonic checked for thickness, the mains checked for alignment (didn't need to be machined), bored, decked, finished honed with deck plates, new cam bearings installed and painted. This cost also included balancing the rotating assembly which needs to be done with the KB107's because they are so much lighter than stock. I had had the crank cleaned, magnafluxed, turned 0.010/0.010 under and polished prior to bringing in the block which was $250.

If you do not have the money to do it right it would be more appropriate to just rering and regasket the engine and run it until you have the money to do it right.

Dave,
This isn't totally true as there are shops around here that have the same type of machines and the block was returned in worse shape than it was taken to them. As over time the machine that they use had some ware in the fixture, and clamping devise and being this couldn't square a block any longer. Another thing is how can they adjust for a block thats out .020-.030 from end to end and the mains are straight, as the factory cut should have taken care of this but didn't, if what your saying is true. After being so discouraged I built my own tooling and did it myself, and will outlast the machines with more adjustability and accuracy.
And thats a good price on the machine work that you had done.