[Excaliber]

Having spent a few years in various parts of the south, from Key West to Pensacola, Alabama, Biloxi, Nashville, you name it. Makes perfect sense to me!

Anyway, if I was just building a "good ole boy" motor in my garage for farting around town and such, I wouldn't bother with all that "fancy" machine shop work. Which can increase the cost of the "build" by a LOT!

Also, I wouldn't have the block line bored, wouldn't port and polish the heads, wouldn't bother to "port match" the intake/gaskets more than "eye ball", etc. I'm big on new cam bearings, so I'd do that (knock 'em out and push new ones in myself).

In other words, you can still build a decent motor without going the "blue printing" and "balance" route. Just don't expect it to turn 6000 rpm and "live".

Ernie