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A very high quality engine machine shop wants $799 to assemble a Hemi short block, labor only!
Its a 572" world iron block. Includes fit cam but not deg. it.
Seems high $$$ to me?
They do alot of big inch mopar work including making there own BIG billet blocks & billet heads.
What ya think of that price, should I say some thing about it being to high?
I kind of really want them to do it instead of shipping it some where.

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that's a little more than we charge, but it's not out of line for the work involved if it's done right. i would expect all critical dimensions are checked and documented. rings are file fit, etc. etc. who is supplying the parts for the build? sometimes that figures in to the cost of assembly as well.
engine assembly is usually one of those things that many people feel they can do themselves, and some can. in fact a lot of people can bolt parts together and the engine will run. now, how long it'll run and how well it'll run may be a different story altogether.