[Dragncar]

Originally Posted by charlie66

Its unfortunate because when someone buys something new, whether they use it or not most people wont give them half of what they paid for it... So if you want to spend years going around and searching the internet looking for old or new parts then go do it. But for the people that just want to go out and buy a motor built buy Butler or Kauffman its going to cost in the ballpark of what I said..

https://butlerperformance.com/c-1267...-complete.html

Here's one example of what I mean..

Not every body wants used parts for a engine there going beat on at the track..

There is nothing inaccurate about my assessment ..

I would never advise someone who only wants to go 10.50 now only 10.90 in a 2800lb car to spend 12K at one of the big "Pontiac" shops. Sorry just not me.
To me, that is just plain dumb. Intakes do not wear out, carbs, only the throttle shaft/base, cams just dont really wear, roller lifters do ,heads, everything that wears is replaceable. Pistons can last a long time. Rods, buy new or low use. Cranks, same. But Pontiac cranks breaking in under 600HP builds does not happen a whole lot.
People who just call up a Pontiac shop either have more money than most, or less common sense. And there rare reasons the best of the best dont.
If I would have finished that 900HP pump gas build I would have had, maybe 15K in it.
Give me 12,500$ and I could build a serious engine. Better than you could just buy it form a shop. So that is the kind of advise I give. But you need to be pretty handy to do it.

[charlie66]

Originally Posted by Dragncar

I would never advise someone who only wants to go 10.50 now only 10.90 in a 2800lb car to spend 12K at one of the big "Pontiac" shops. Sorry just not me.
To me, that is just plain dumb. Intakes do not wear out, carbs, only the throttle shaft/base, cams just dont really wear, roller lifters do ,heads, everything that wears is replaceable. Pistons can last a long time. Rods, buy new or low use. Cranks, same. But Pontiac cranks breaking in under 600HP builds does not happen a whole lot.
People who just call up a Pontiac shop either have more money than most, or less common sense. And there rare reasons the best of the best dont.
If I would have finished that 900HP pump gas build I would have had, maybe 15K in it.
Give me 12,500$ and I could build a serious engine. Better than you could just buy it form a shop. So that is the kind of advise I give. But you need to be pretty handy to do it.

Well, I never gave advice for anything .

I just gave my opinion of what a motor would cost to build with more then stock hp and parts. So basically you're calling me dumb here. You don't know me to know this . The OP never stipulated how he wanted to build it .Just asked what it would cost. So rather then fire off at me how wrong I am , you could of just said you have a cheaper way then doing it with all new parts.. I gave my opinion and you gave yours.. So why you are still trying to prove me wrong on this when im not, is beyond me.. Building a motor is more then just buying parts . Most people don't even build there own engines, there's cash that's spent on that to add to the list.. Just the machine work alone can range from 1000-2000. Port work , new valves / springs , valve job add that too . And a roller cam cost more the 150 its more like 350-400 plus lifters are 400-500 bucks . So if someone wants to go and buy used parts , yes its cheaper. But please don't just say im wrong because im not . And I know for a fact what gach had in his motor and it was a lot more the 15000.00. So Idk what you're talking about there....