#'s Matching 340 build

PRH said
Bags of money?

It’s getting pistons anyway, and needs the crank reground at a minimum....... so it looks like the bags of money would be the difference in cost between fixing the stock crank and buying a new one, and a set of rods.

Jesse has mentioned numerous times in other posts that he’s not a fan of the 4” crank with std type heads.
Which is fine...... it’s his build to sort out.
But the reason for not stroking it isn’t really the cost.
If he were an advocate for the 4” stroke, I have no doubt he could have convinced the customer that an extra 70 cubes for a few hundred bucks was worthwhile.

Yes it will take approx 3 bags of money in CDN to do what you would--I only have 1 bag of CDN money to work with. Capiche?

I am NOT a fan of the 4" crank ESPECIALLY with stock heads, stock exhaust manifolds, etc... You must like the way a Cummins diesel drives--myself, I hate the way diesel power is delivered, unless I'm pulling something.

The reason for not stroking IS in large part COST because I can't charge for a ton of head work, and for me to turn the crank is less than half of a Scat 9000 series cast crank--If I move to a forged crank the disparity is even worse!

I'll tell you what --I'm about to get the customer to chime in here so he can either commission me to build him a 418 because you have convinced him otherwise. I will build him anything he wants but when speaking with him, I was not led to believe he wanted anything to do with a 4" crank build.

I would like to ask you-- Mr. Porter a question.

What would your bill look like to build this 340 into a 418? Truly I'd like to know--maybe I'm charging incorrectly. Oh and shop rate is $95.00/hr.

After you answer this I will share what the client and I discussed for budget. J.Rob