#'s Matching 340 build

moper said

I’m just catching up on this thread but a guy who charges $90 around here will starve and close. To get a crank done well here (and I know the best guy around here) is a $300 proposition. That’s not stroke corrected and indexed... that’s cleaned, nagged, turned, and polished. Nothing fancy.

In regard to PRHs comments on streetable power- I’m with him. I consider how often the engine will be in an rpm range for a street car with mild gearing. The car willidle and be under 4K for the vast, VAST majority of its life do power over 5k in not a concern. I think this gets way over-thought by many these days.

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If a guy around here wanted 300 to grind a crankshaft, without indexing, stroke correction etc.. he would starve.

There is a TON of work around here, there are over 14 dealerships alone in a 8 mile radius, plus the tracks are within an hr away, 3 or 4. They are short on machinists, and the work is piling up. You have what over there again? People are searching for a good machine shop near you saying there almost no one left... Too many are trying to sell a "rounder" wheel...and pay for their new machine. It's all good. Even 200 is fair compared to the 300 you mentioned.no wonder a lot of guys can't stay in the hobby when the shops are killing the hobby.