It really all depends on what needs to be done. If your head and block are completely flat and don't need to be machined crank in perfect shape yada yada just read all the stuff Bill was telling me when I was considering just doing my timing chain & head gasket.

You can get rebuilt kits for around $400. Assuming you hone (or bore) the cylinders yourself, and you don't need to have you block or head decked, you could get away for not too much more than that. Once you throw machining in, if it needs it....you've got the crank, the head, the block (and why not the flywheel while you're there), and possibly honing and boring. You may easily get up to $700ish if you do the complete dissasembly and assembly and have a machine shop do their thing. The one thing I do know: whatever you decide you think it will cost, it will be more!

 

knocks on bottom end, has a couple spun rod bearings, but i already have a new crank and rod bearings and rods, but i was also thinking of getting it bored and honed to allow bigger pistons, also thinking of getting a nice cam

 

Call up a machine shop and ask how much it would take. If you have no head gasket leak and haven't overheated at all, you could have a block and head that don't need flattening. Then you're looking at honing and boring, which includes cleaning everything up, but isn't really too bad. Maybe a couple hundred? If you are doing all the other work except for the boring and honing, and the block & head are in great shape. Anyways, if you're doing all the work except the machining, you could certainly get away for under a grand.

My problem was that I replaced pretty much anything that looked questionable. I mean why put the engine back together with the old hoses? Between getting the radiator tested (I mean why put a new engine in and not check to make sure it's not going to overheat and be killed because your cooling system isn't up to snuff?), all new hoses (mostly good ones from Toyota not the crap Autozone sells), spark plugs, wires, distributer cap, rotor, fan belt, random bolts here and there, new fan clutch, oil, filter, coolant, all the brake cleaner and rags you use to clean things....we're talking easily $300. That crap adds up fast.

 

lol ok thanks, yes i will be dissabling the motor and reassembling it my self at school, as we have all the tools need to do this(thats probly the best thing about school)

 

Cool, access to tools and a shop makes a huge difference. That's the other thing I spent a bunch of money on, lots of tools.