I have $600 in the machine work on some #302's I did last year, if I didn't have all the valvetrain parts laying around already I would have went with LA-X's or edelbrocks.

The shop blamed it on inflation, I had them milled enough to straighten them up, cut for 1.88/1.60's, false guides installed, cut for PC seals and a 3 angle VJ, I assembled them myself but he would have done them for $100.