Prestige does a crate motor for 22k which is kinda cheap for a hemi. but still... damn.... I think a 390/408 would give me plenty of power for much less
buy you a good rebuilt 440 short block. roughly 5k. Buy a set of Stage V 440 hemi heads, yes these do exist and are real. cost is about 5 K. so for 10-12k you can have an actual 440 hemi headed monster.