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<blockquote data-quote="Mark99GT" data-source="post: 16785284" data-attributes="member: 43741"><p>You didn't specify the damage. But if your heads are good, what about just buying a shortblock? You'll know the cost up front.</p><p></p><p>Then just pay the shop for final assembly (put your existing heads on, etc). Should be fairly easy to get a price on assembly with no surprises since everything would be new on the bottom end and top end is not damaged (though I'd want the heads cleaned up if they were mine with 150k mi, like $1500).</p><p></p><p>I don't know what parts you were quoted $4500 for. But a forged shortblock can be had for around $5k.</p><p></p><p>This is a semi-related story: I spun a rod bearing on my 99GT and was going to completely rebuild it myself. Reality set in and it was easiest to buy a used short block for $600, put my existing heads on and get back on the road. I did it in my garage. The 4v is a little more complicated, but the idea is the same.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mark99GT, post: 16785284, member: 43741"] You didn't specify the damage. But if your heads are good, what about just buying a shortblock? You'll know the cost up front. Then just pay the shop for final assembly (put your existing heads on, etc). Should be fairly easy to get a price on assembly with no surprises since everything would be new on the bottom end and top end is not damaged (though I'd want the heads cleaned up if they were mine with 150k mi, like $1500). I don't know what parts you were quoted $4500 for. But a forged shortblock can be had for around $5k. This is a semi-related story: I spun a rod bearing on my 99GT and was going to completely rebuild it myself. Reality set in and it was easiest to buy a used short block for $600, put my existing heads on and get back on the road. I did it in my garage. The 4v is a little more complicated, but the idea is the same. [/QUOTE]
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