Crank is shot, do I stroke it or not?

That's funny. I built a 416 back about 1995. Had MAYBE 2500 bucks in it.

I never could figure out how if a forged 408 rotating assembly is about $2k how you could rack up $6k to $8k in machine shop services.
I guess $6k is if you had iron "X" heads and the $8k is if you had aluminum Eddy heads