Crate engines

Thats pretty crazy! BluePrint Engines offers several HP levels of 408 starting at 6500 for a dyno tested 408, so I couldn't imagine paying 8500 for a 318. Yikes!
I'll never pay that much for a 300 hp 318. A friend of mine built a 406 Chevy making like 625 hp for under 7k, now true that was a couple of years ago