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Originally Posted by Walys60
Well that didn't work. He took one piston out of the box and said 'NOPE'. Coincidentally I had my consult with the financial department at the university my son will be attending the same day (sigh).
He estimated that he could get it done for around $4500. I realize that is similar to a new 'built' crate 350 so wouldn't be completely out of the arena of possible engines but I wasn't really in the engine mindset yet anyway. Add that to the fact I can't do it now that I've got a massive college bill to prevent massing student loan debt for the boy...I'm going to have to put the brakes on this for a while.
I will continue to finish the front end and blast/paint the frame and the park it back in the garage for the summer. I'll be looking for maybe some NOS pistons to show up on eBay...? etc. If anyone comes across any and you're not too greedy  please let me know.
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Danged if you can't catch a break! I'm sorry about your pistons. I can tell you that you can probably catch a full engine that comes up for sale and piece together a full set though. They aren't everywhere, but they do come up for sale. I'd ask on the chevvvy boards in the want ads, those nuts pull out 305s like baby teeth to put in 350s. Or you could check with a small machine shop in a town out a ways from a big city. They may be able to make some for you cheaper than $4500 bucks.
I did a search on custom pistons and I don't know anything about making them, but a guy on another forum said they were 800 bucks a set at
https://www.jepistons.com/
You might pay more since they'd probably have to take one of yours and build it off the measurements, but once it's done they could make them for any of us.
If it helps, ask them (or whomever you go with) what the number is to drop the cost and post in the market place. If it's not too high, I bet someone else would want a set in backup for the future, especially since they're so hard to find. Collectively we might pull the price down some.
Or, again, just get a used motor when it comes up for $500 and see if you can salvage the pistons.
More piston shops i found online
http://www.bmeltd.com/
https://www.rosspistons.com/
https://www.cp-carrillo.com/pt-3507-pistons.html
https://www.summitracing.com/search/...t-type/pistons
https://www.us.mahle.com/en/motorspo...erpak-pistons/