Lol a simple humble thread .. no we have to spend the price of a new vehicle on a rebuild or we are cheap ... lol
Anyone that thinks you can't build a good solid motor for $3000 has serious issues the factory magnums run 300,000 miles when taken care of . I beat my last 5.2 all stock except cam and usual bolt on stuff for 125,000 miles. Burnout contests, drag races, down shift punch n cackles. Seemed to have plenty of long life span for the torture. It dynoed at 330hp at 5,8000
Might have been cheap but it was quick and lived through alot of abuse!!