My 440 crank, by the time I had it cut and then everything balanced to it(or vice versa) cost me 400 bucks. My combo is a deadly little street motor but I have 440 LY (good stock stuff)rods in it that I had hones for full floating pins, Expensive JE pistons with a tiny 1.31 compression height. I think that my Align honing, Cam bearing install, Bore, deck, clean, rod resize and mentioned crank work, came out to $1400. Add $1200 worth of JE pistons/pins/rings, she gets pricey for low budget. 1500 for heads, 1000 for miscellaneous stuff ( water pumps, studs, cam, heavy duty rocker shafts,rockers, widage tray, oil pump, timing set, gaskets .

Goes like a raped date, but don't expect it to be all that cheap if you plan on using some good aftermarket stuff on it. That 440 might be the way to go on the cheap. I put together a 12 second 440 with nothing more than a 509 cam , headers, and home ported 452 heads I think it was a 1500 dollar build.