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Originally Posted by patrickt
Uhhh, perhaps he should seek quotes now from our reputable engine builders for turnkey build prices with quotes based on their marginal increase over the costs of the BBM block and heads. If he can't swing those numbers now, he won't be able to do it then with the assumption that the BBM prices will be equal to, or perhaps slightly higher, than what they have been in the past. 
Personally, I think the only way he is going to put this deal to bed, with a resulting FE under the hood, is to marshal his pennies and nickels in to one big pile on the floor, count it all up, and then tell blykins what that number is and ask him "can you build me an FE for that number and, if so, what will it have in it?" |
In the OP, he says he has $10K. That's his budget
AFAIK. And based on that, I think he should buy a crate engine based on a 390 FE. He wants an FE and that's the FE he can afford. Forget about the 385, you don't want it.
The alloy 482 is wishful thinking and shouldn't really be discussed, unless this thread is a dream engine thread. And if that's what we're talking about, dreams, then I say get an alloy Cammer from Pond.
