build strokers or buy them

d100clubcab said
At times we tend to think because we pay more for an item it is better than a cheaper one purely because of cost.
I work with bean counters that charge other companies for my services so Ive learned how they trim our fat but still charge for our fatty services.
When you list out items and services needed in a shortblock,
You see where charges are inflated or not.
Ever wonder why one shop charges $80 for an oil change and another wants $50?
Same car too.
I see MRL and moper builds engines here. Brian at IMM out in Cali as well as Shadydell. Shady lists some prices online. I'm sure these four shops will have different price points for the same engine.

Build it right, build it once is true, but I don't think we need to .000 deck a block or put girdles on a daily driver.

Why put $3k worth of heads on a cruiser that never sees the track? porting heads on a truck motor that wants grunt under 4k rpm?

mopars are cool but I think we are pricing ourselves out of fun at times.

like I said in my first post the base was $6495 and was built by one of the people you mentioned , I could have stayed at that price and got about 475/475 or so but I spent an extra $400 on porting for an extra 50/50 and while paying more doesn't guarantee better paying too little does means getting less every time, there are no free rides in the world of performance ,when I was ready to make the move from 318 to stroker I called and talked to everybody I could , got references as to who really stands behind their product and who's products stand up , it took me almost a year to figure it out but that just put more money in my engine fund , do your homework and then make the call but as I said if you think your going to get a long lasting daily driven stroker for $3500 ......good luck to ya !