Machine Shops...Good And Bad...

well about 8/9 yrs ago i had a shop build my 340 and bout 6/7000.00 later the thing would not get out its own way ran a best of 7.80...thats the 1/8 mile took it apart and took it to a shop local to check machine work......bores was not round egg shaped at the bottom and not honed, the thing had so much sand in the water jacket it was funny to others not me...spent 4/500.00 in that shop cam home put the motor tog. myself along with my son 16 at the time ...went to the track ran 7.44..shop is out of business now closed the doors a few mths later....wife found a boyfriend on the internet so he had other things on his mind and others money in his pocket...:banghead: