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i am going to get some machine work done and i was wondering if anyone could give me an idea of how much it would cost to get my heads resurfaced, cylinder bored and honed, valve job, and crank ground and balanced

i got my head resurfaced and the valves grinded for about $130. but some machine shops won't touch the head because of all the work involved in shimming it. i had to do the shims myself but the guy at the machine shop helped me get the shims i needed. Another machine shop around here want like $400 to do it but the would have shimmed it for me. It took longer but i think i went the right route. i about 9k mi on it so for with no problems. its not hard to figure out what shims you need it just takes time.

just go shimless if you get your head worked on... cost me $200 to get my head done... shims included... block is going to cost you more... usually about 300-400.... they didn't touch my crank though so it could be more...

you got a 5SFE right? his got a 7A. don't know what kinda work is involved in shiming a 5S but it must be less or you got a real good deal

that was actually on a 3s.... its really not that bad... check the gap.. correct the shim accordingly... a lot of shops quote you a price for doing one shim at a time... setting the cam... checking the gap... fixing the shim... then rechecking the gap... (that method would take you $400 worth of time)... no shop actually does this... they set the cams... do all the gaps... fix all the shims at one time... and then recheck all at the same time... one hour to two hours for someone that knows what they are doing