Assembling a new /6. Has anyone here recently had the block decked?? Want to remove about a .100. I guess it depends on the area but what is a fair price?
Since you are going from a virtually "blank sheet of paper" with this build, I would hope that you have done enough research to learn the output-limitations of a normally-aspirated slant six, and are certain that you're never going to use any form of forced induction on it in reference to decking the block to the extent that you are planning on here.
Cutting that much off a block's deck will make it difficult at a later date to achieve a low-enough compression ratio to make turbocharging or supercharging that engine simply a bolt-on operation, should you ever want to go that route.
If you can get the compression ratio you need without cutting the block, it will be a lot easier to change the un-swept volume at a later date if you should decide to change the induction system over to a turbo or supercharged system.
It's a lot easier to change the head than it is the block, in that instance.
