#'s Matching 340 build

Balance will be cheaper based on removing weight and not adding mallory.
If the guy grinding is good, the machine is serviced, and he gets them done quick...he can make plenty of money doing them at 90 ea. That's magd.
I used to have beans do them, 120.00 with acl bearings... Jesse was the grinder but he went on to rep for clevite/maul and makes way more money than he did grinding. The place was sold/obsorbed by the nextdoor shop and the prices went up..and we all took our **** to Rick's in santee or mesa in escondido who have been in biz there since 1946. there .machine tech,mjm, total per'ford'nce, JBA, a ton of places... but they either over charge and dont call or advice to what they do...or they are just young guys with heads/egos bigger than their brand new machines. People set records with old stuff most still cant touch today... and certainly most of the weekend warriors cant hold candle to.

I’m just catching up on this thread but a guy who charges $90 around here will starve and close. To get a crank done well here (and I know the best guy around here) is a $300 proposition. That’s not stroke corrected and indexed... that’s cleaned, nagged, turned, and polished. Nothing fancy.

In regard to PRHs comments on streetable power- I’m with him. I consider how often the engine will be in an rpm range for a street car with mild gearing. The car willidle and be under 4K for the vast, VAST majority of its life do power over 5k in not a concern. I think this gets way over-thought by many these days.