I recently finished a 440 build so I know the machining costs for the standard stuff and have the receipts to look at but I don't know the costs for the special stroker-related stuff like turning down the 440 crank mains and machining down the counterweights. Also don't know the costs for machining down the KB quench pads.

Looking at old threads, it looks like a pain to get things just so with these quench pad pistons to use them with factory iron head open chambers being all over the place in their specs from chamber to chamber.

So that leaves me wondering if these KB 251 quench pads can be lopped off and made into flat tops and at what cost. He's already bored and honed the block .060" to go with this piston and ring set so they are kind of stuck with each other, no option for other pistons.

Maybe in the long run this build would save a few hundreds at the expense of being able to pick out things exactly how I would do it?