How much does it cost to rebuild a 430 Buick engine?

Answer 1

depending on how much your willing to spend the cheapest re ring kit (includes:rings,main bearing.rod bearings and cam bearings and gaskets) for $242.99 at northern auto parts online uh heads redone from ($200-$500) for a cam go to crower.com they have level1-4 performance cams for 154 dollars lifters are about $100 if you want performance ones and rods are $36 bucks online also go to TA performance and you can get 575 lift valve springs for $75 performance intakes range from 150-280 uh carbs range from 100-400 depending how much cfm the most exspensive things on a Buick big block for performance is rockers and headers which i havnt found any cheap rockers yet but for 145$ you can get the headers flanges with the little starting stubs u can take headers that fit your car cut the flanges on them and weld the headers to the 430 flanges a whole lot cheaper than buying 400/430/455 headers they are $350-$1200 these engine are bit expensive to build but the torque u can get is simply amazing the stock 430 is 360hp 475 ft lb torque normal 350 racing engines are tops 450ft lb torque so yeah lol and an oil pump kit is $25 on ebay or $75 for a hi pressure/volume oil pump at TA performance but you may just go with regular because 430s had a problem of roasting the front cam bearing because of the oiling passages can be fixed with new oil passages but as long as u hav a regular pump kit it shouldn't be a problem but you should get grooved cam bearings and moly piston rings is also a good idea and for the push rods get long ones hope this helped