I think a rod spun a bearing in my rebuilt 454

[Edelbrock]

$5800?

A used engine that is in good shape could not be more than $500 or so. No?
Maybe $400 labor to swap it, no?

 

[Ricko1966]

Labor was $3200 and parts was $2600 ($5800 all in for a complete long block).

Looks like now it will be more. If I have to replace all bearings due to metal contamination, piston potential replacement, rods, and maybe crank.

I doubt it's that bad. Rods can be checked and resized,crank can be ground,very unlikely pistons got damaged.

 

[bucket]

$5800?

A used engine that is in good shape could not be more than $500 or so. No?
Maybe $400 labor to swap it, no?

No. Even though it ain't an LS, big blocks still ain't cheap and still fairly difficult to get ahold of.

 

[txaggie]

I found a crate gm vortec 8100 local that I can snag for $3800 but I bet it will be a pain in the ass to swap. I have the sniper setup for this motor, Afr heads, etc.

 

[bucket]

I found a crate gm vortec 8100 local that I can snag for $3800 but I bet it will be a pain in the ass to swap. I have the sniper setup for this motor, Afr heads, etc.

That's basically going a whole other direction. There's a lot of other parts you would need (like the entire accessory drive) and you wouldn't be able to use any of your existing stuff like heads and cam. I wouldn't go that route, and this is coming from someone that has an 8.1 swap in the works.