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Mike is spot on; recent quotes on M96 factory remain short blocks have been in the high twenty to low thirty thousand dollars (US). And that is just for the short block, no cylinder heads, and the reman short block still has all the same limitations of the original engine.
When you start a rebuild project on one of these engines, parts prices start to add up very quickly. Let' say you damaged your crank; as no undersized bearing shells are available, you need to either repair the crank or replace it: $4K. If your block is damaged, you would have new Nickies liners installed: $5K, or you can jump for a new replacement case: $5K. And this is just the tip of the iceberg; there are a lot of "single use" fasteners in these engine's that have to be replaced, and which add up to a lot of money on just bolts (just the rod bolts alone are over $200).
To conduct a rebuild, you are going to need special tools; cam timing tools, wrist pin clip tools, cam holding tools, etc. etc. Tooling cost alone have scared off more than one individual thinking about doing their own rebuild.
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