Engine builders...this machining cost sound excessive?

And I get flamed here quite often for my pricing. I charge $60/hole w/torque plates up to .030" over. Block cleaning 'cuz they are never clean is $95 before and after honing. Re/re cam bearings is $15/journal non blind. Cut caps and align hone is $100/journal. Line bore is the same. Resurface block is totally time dependant. Just a clean up is $250-Machining to a target/calculated dimension is $95/hr. Oh and YR will like this--sleeving a block is $95/hr and NO I can't sleeve a block with a finished cylinder ready for assembly in an hour and a half. Takes me like 5-6 hours (but you can't tell it was sleeved after) Re/Re pistons on rods (perfectly centered and rods not overheated-blued) is $25/rod .Keep in mind the exchange rate.

All that being said at first blush I would say to the OP that it was expensive --however I KNOW his machinist did all kinds of other little necessary extras that don't really get mentioned. Furthermore if his machinist did a top notch job and the cylinders are round and straight within a few tenths--then he certainly got what he paid for. J.Rob

You work too damn cheap!!! I’ve said that before. Way too cheap. You are better off raising your prices and doing less work for the same money than lower prices and doing more work. You aren’t in a production shop.

LOL...I still don’t know what takes you so long to sleeve a cylinder!!!!