Cost for labor on stroker build?

This made some interesting reading at 3am in the morning. Chevy this, Chevy that. I got a buddy at Keystone that had won a lot of races traveling all over the eastern coast 5-6 years ago. He had a well built small block Chevy in his strip only 66 Chevy II. I was running 6.0’s and he on a good day was running 6.40’s. He had more trouble than you could imagine trying several area builders. He got pissed off and bought an LS and changed the cam and a few other mods and was running 6.60’s. He wasn’t happy so he bought one of those crankshaft blowers for 1000’s of dollar. Ran like crap so he asked several guys what he needed. They suggested a 1700.00 blow through carb so he bought it eventually getting some 5.80 passes but zero wins. So inconsistent he detuned it to run 6.30’s but it still isn’t consistent. So now everything small block is for sale and he’s looking for a big block Chevy. This guy went from winning crazy amounts of races to not being able to keep it together to go to races. Again he isn’t here but at home sitting. Don’t tell me Chevy this and Chevy that because I’m at the track with these guys and it’s a real circus to watch.