So you want 2 go Big block...Read this first!

Rob said
I 2nd that comment, I paid about $1000 for the setup on my truck

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Originally Posted by DemonDave
It's about the same cost to swap in a small block where a slant six was originally... ask me how I know!

Your exhaust quote seems really low to me. When I had the full 2 1/2 duals custom bent and installed for the 360 in my car, the bill went to $840 including the mufflers (cash, no bill). All the other quotes I got were closer to $1K to do the job.

My /6 - 318 exhaust was; Hooker headers and exhaust from jegs.
Headers were at the time $159 and the exhaust pipes were $200. Mufflerless systems were/are at Jegs and then the muffler price of your choice has to be added in.

A quick search at Summit racing turns up Hooker headers for a 400 A body @ $510 for fenderwells, painted, $760 coated, then add $195 for the 2-1/2 or $249 for the 3 inch kit, minus $20 for the mufflerless 3 inch kit. ($229)

Coated header, mufflerless system (There mandrel bent, clamps surplied or you weld) and mufflers are what you pay. But the total without mufflers would be;

760 + 230 = 1100 Save $250 with painted headers (?) = $850 or $20 more with there mufflers. $870

Another 2 hundred or less for mufflers?