A younger dumber version of me bought a project years ago and apparently disposed of these during tear down. I need all 5. Also would like a good core crank shaft.
Keep in mind that putting non original caps on will more than likely require a line bore job to get things back in line......not just a hone
It’s not numbers and that thought has crossed my mind but all the cores I’m seeing are ~$900 plus shipping and would at least need honed anyway. I was thinking the line bore would run me 200-300. I could be way off as I have not checked around yet.
It's going to be more than that....line hone is normally 150-250. And hone hss to follow bore.......not all shops can line bore. Odd are also you might need a shorter timing chain too. I had a set of billet steel caps installed on our motor after my center 3 caps got stretch and didnt fit the register anymore, luckily the new caps were finished small on purpose to allow cutting without having to get much more than a fuzz to the block.
Holy cow. Post a wanted ad here and you'll get a block for a few hundred bucks at most. I just sold a 72 block cheap..
For me. With all the other work already done to a block, the better caps at about 500, plus the labor to install was cheaper than starting over.
