I went in the other day and got a quote to recondition the V6 ( new rings, bearingd, decked, crank ground and linished so on ) ARP head stud kit, port and polish the heads, stage 4 crow cam kit, timing kit, gasket kit, was some other little things to but i forgot what. For me to take just the engine into him the quote was just under $3000
Also I went with the VP V6 as it has less crap on it then a ecotec V6 and vp commodores look like crap thats why i would not just get one of them.