[Dominik]

I see that you don't like my comment using cast pistons. But this was about building a budget FE, right?

I built various engines with cast pistons and they served their clients well for many miles.
Ok, let's invest the $300 difference and order other pistons.

Talking budget, there are rental Cobras here with 180hp Target master engines, which lasted years. And the clients were happy.

Maybe we should define "budget" and put a number in $$$ to it. $12.000 is not "budget" for me, $6.000 with a push. How about $4.000?

Dom