For those curious. My bill for my short block.

DFX 340 Duster said

I can only guess what the same work would cost in SoCal. Maybe $5-6k?

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the machine work alone up here in LA would be about 2500, so then just tack on assembly & degree the camshaft + parts.

so something like 3K in machine work & labor, and then another 1K in parts i guess (not including cam, pistons, etx)

but yeah, big picture, probably 5K all said and done.