once you add extras like timing chain gaskets and shipping , not such a great deal , plus if there is a problem you pay shipping both ways , close to 500.00 .And who knows what parts are used and if they checked and machined the block properly
Oh-this engine isn't local to him? I guess I totally ignored that part. They use factory stock replacement parts like badger/engine tech pistons, king/Melling/Clevite bearings, Hastings rings, stock spec cams (Melling, Clevite, etc), and depending on the outfit, machined on Rottler/Sunnen equipment.