454 big block rebuild

Hi Cody,

The video was done by the site owner and his son. I will forward your question to them. It may take a day or so (4th of July) for them to respond, but I assure you, they will.

Take care and have a great 4th,

Joe

Hey!

Thank you so much for watching the series and for using the site!

So, if it is already 0.030 over, I would just have the machine shop take a look at it and see if the crosshatching and machine work is still good. It really depends on how the block was stored or how used it is.

As far as build cost goes, ours was decently expensive due to us spending around $1,800.00 on new aluminum heads. Here is a link to the build sheet for it if you want to add everything up:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/big-block-build-sheet but I believe with the machine work it was like five thousand or so.

There are definitely some home inspections you can do; I would test first for ridge reem at the top of the bore. If you can catch your nail on it that is usually a good indicator that the block needs machine work. Also, I would look in the cylinders themselves, if you cannot see distinct crosshatching anymore, I would say it is time for a new machined surface.

Barring that, $1,000.00 for machine work on an engine is quite cheap when you fire up the engine for the first time and nothing goes wrong. You do not want to cut corners and have to redo everything and pay for the machine work anyways.

If you have any other questions, please let me know! You can also upload photos to your post if you want us to give a more detailed opinion!

Best,
Ryan