Yeah it took me about a year of looking for deals and making trades to get all my parts together as well. The only things I paid full price for were the ATI damper and the billet mains. Everything else was either on sale, or I bought off a friend who decided not to build his engine after having his second daughter. These trucks are very expensive for a regular guy like me. Luckily, I have a good wife with a great job who's understanding of my addiction! All said and done I'll have less than $15k into this motor. I couldn't find an assembled long block that would hold the type of power this one should for anything close to that. SoCal and DhD want $20k plus for their 1000hp engines. I'll still have another couple grand in turbos and injectors to buy as well , but I plan on running my current setup this year and see what I can get out of it. Ill fabricate the twin setup next winter in my shop and do the injectors then. I've run 11.65s on this current stock bottom end so im hoping with the build to shave a few tenths off that since I don't have to be as easy with the built motor. Might even get a little crazy and run a small shot of N2O. Well see what happens come summer time. Best of luck to ya with your build. Keep me posted on how it comes out!
