Figured I would keep everyone in the loop. On Sunday I pulled an engine from an 01 RAM 1500 at Nevada Pick a Part for ~$150 with tax and core fee, then dropped it off for machining and rebuild on the short block yesterday for ~$1000 (new bearings, pistons, rings, freeze plugs, etc.) And will pick it up sometime next week or the week after when it's finished. total investment in the short block will be ~$1200 then I'll bolt all the other parts I've bought in the past few months to it. Thanks to everyone that responded to this!