408 budget stroker ?

When I said you can build one cheap all it means is you can, it don't mean you will get the desired results. If there's one thing I learned from all of this, choose your heads first, the chamber volume on the heads will determine what Pistons you need. If your going cheap you will probably be building something for torque, if your aiming for large HP numbers then your going to have to spend some money somewhere. I used to sell at a lot of swap meets so I picked up a lot of cheap deals that would allow me to build stuff very reasonable. Just don't go in expecting to build a world beater for a grand. You can build a pretty fun little motor without spending a mint if your patient and shop around.