Help me understand rebuild vs crate?

The reward to ME of being able to say "I built it" is FAR better than pulling out the wallet and buying something. I don't give a **** what people say. I will build my own engines. Period.

A lot of the people who buy crate engines don't know a connecting rod from a rocker arm.......and don't care. When you build your own and get it right, you are doing something that fewer people know how to do VS just buying something. How can anything get any cooler?