Im not going to disclose who the machinist is as he only deals with certain individuals and or builders as does not want to deal with the ever growing number of wankers that build cars, he does not advertise and has no need to, as it is he is not the quickest at turning parts around nor the cheapest, but the job is spot on and he is very clued up with honda's now due to the relationship with Adrian @ Toda especially sleeving as Darton does do a few things in house that arnt on the install instructions and that was only figured out by inspecting my block when i got it back, he also has experience installing ERL Girdles, as i have 1 fitted my engine.

So in saying that, i can recommend speaking to Adrian about your machining requirements as opposed to sending the block state side, as the cost will be less, and along with dealing with someone who knows honda's, be able to steer you in the right direction as they've done it before unlike yourself i assume.

I assure you this civic running 11's is far from stripped and spun most of the track and your wrong regarding the importance of porting in turbo and n/a applications, not saying porting wont benefit the engine but its not as important hence suggested what i did in my earlier post.

I think that your budget will be lucky to cover all parts and machining and if your serious about running high 9's, you'll have to put alot of work into your chassis set up including weight of the vehicle as thats how most low ET cars getting around now have got the times they have, its not with massive power.

Good luck with your build bud, i look forward to the updates.