It wasn't that he was steering me toward or away from anything. I just had $x to spend in the moment, and he suggested it all go into the shortblock. At first I was kind of disappointed because, of course, I wanted a go-to-hell Six Pack engine right out of the gate. After some thought, though, I realized he wasn't just trying to sell me parts--he was doing me a favor. Unfortunately, the engine failed catastrophically before it could come to fruition and my meager savings had to go towards a new daily. Such is life.
