I know there are 318’s that will go 4.00 but I’ve never seen one I’d be comfortable with making any power and getting the rings to seal. And with his parameters (or rules) he is right. It’s just silly to think 1k will break someone to the point they can’t do a build. I also say there is no way you can buy a 318 core and spend 3k on and have something that I would put my name on. I wouldn’t even do something like that for myself. We should be encouraging the youth that want to do this stuff to not repeat what we did when we were there age and teach them the proper way to do things. That’s what I’m saying. I don’t want to tell someone that just cobbling something together for a less than shoestring budget is the best plan financially. Isn’t the saying penny wise and pound foolish? The end result is more important than a budget only a miser would consider workable.