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Basic rebuild in the UK is about £3k.
The labour on that is about 35hrs @ £40. so around half the cost.
the rest is parts and machining.
There is no reason (with the engine out) you cant do the stripping. The only thing you need to do is
1. Keep everything
2. Keep your eye out for anything untoward.
The cleaning cleaning cleaning and more cleaning is normally the labour intensive bit.
You could however put your heads, B&P a and cases in a big box, send them to a machine shop and say
hey - can you skim the heads flat, put new guides in and build them up oh and whilst you are at it, pop the other bits in the cleaner for me. Bank on a nice friendly £500 or so and hey presto
your bits come back shiny and heads built up.
The you build it back up yourself.
Have an expert on hand for tools and torque settings.
there is enough advice in the pelican mans book to get you through this.
personally I would always have someone do the cam timing for me.
Parts , seals, rubbers, rings and stuff is likely to cost you about £800-£1200 dependant on the engine.
All in, you can probably save yourself £1k of labour, however dont forget that having a workshop do it they get it in and out of the car, get it running, get it right and stand by it afterwards if it blows to smithereens. there is value in that.
however, there is also value in doing it yourself if you dont mind your car being off the road longer than it needs be.
If in doubt do half. get it out, strip it, get it machines then get the experts to re-assemble it and get it running.
p.s. cant talk for US prices but work durations should be relative.
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