So Frustrated!

I would say if you go with any engine considering you are on a budget and its a street car, stay local. I have no experience with hipo engine builders, but if it were me and I was close, I would be checking out MRL...they're a vendor on here. Is this your daily driver?? If its not, prowl craigslist for a complete junker car with a running engine. Strip it down, chk it over then let a machine shop do the machining and you do the assembly. Putting an engine together is fun and ya save $$ at the same time.