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Krooser said
You have to toss those catalogs away and start networking, going to swap meets and shows and meet the folks that can help you out with parts and advice.

On my 354 I bought three 6-71 cores for $20 each... Took my tools along and pulled them right from the diesels. Bought a BBC drive kit off if flea bay for $250-ish... Had a blower shop in Oregon do the conversion for $280.00 (Dean Blowers). Plus another $90.00 for a rear cover, gaskets and such.

$2500 in machine work, $800 Venolia pistons, $165 cam, NOS Cragar intake for $300...

Do your homework and you can save a bundle. If I had to buy out if those catalogs I'd be priced out of the hobby.

I only go to the catalogs when I can`t do better elsewhere. I bought a lot of stuff from other sources,( like my oil system, old alum. funny car pan and single line p/u , that I reworked and modified as an example) and make a lot of my own stuff. When u build a basket case, u gotta buy everything, and I also didn`t want any junk in it. I told myself,when I started this car, I`d go first class as much as possible, not like a couple of chevys I scrimped on, but turned out well. Mopars are costly, I could build a 700 plus horse rat for about 2/3 of what this 505 cost me. And I don`t need no stinking blowers ! LOL