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I don't know your mechanical abilities, but pulling an engine is pretty simple to do yourself, if you're talking about driving the car over, dropping it off, and having them call you when it's done...that's contradicting your budget requirements.



I had planned on driving it over to chat with him about it...so he could get a visual. Then I would would pull the engine, run it over to him and let him do the work. I would have him put the cam in and install the heads and probably the oil pan, but I would put on the intake and all the accessories, etc. and re-install it.
As far as machine work goes, I will probably rely on him to tell me what it needs to make it a reliable engine.