there's no reason for name calling here. My point was that with a monster engine comes monster prices in other places. The motor can be built for under $2000, will it have 500 hp? not likely but $2000 dollars is a reasonable budget for a good street engine. The part that won't be covered is the extra expenses from upgrading the rearend/suspension/tranny/torque converter/ect. Again, there's no reason to get nasty about it. Also, remember that pricing has a lot to do with the extent of what your doing/the area in which you live/ect. I've heard stories from the northern states that talk about 3 and 4 hundred dollars for a SBC 350, and upwards of $1000 for a SBC 400. Here a SBC 4 bolt 350 goes for 50-100 and a 400 will bring about 150-200. So its not fair to jump down my throat because things come cheaper to me because i live in a hick state where there are lots of these motors floating around from wrecked pickups from the 80's and older cars ect. Thanks, and i didn't mean to piss anyone off with my post. And to answer your question about when was the last time that i bought parts and machine work. I actually just got done paying for parts/machine work. For a FULL RACE SBC 400 i'm in @ $4000 dollars /w torque converter and retro-fit roller valve train. (This included fully prepped block, cast steel crank, forged rods, forged pistons, valve job on my heads,