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?
I didn`t read all these posts, skipped to the bottom cause rrr commented last.
I have always built my own, namely because I never had the $$ to lay out all at once to buy one !
There are 7-8 guys on here that's got it going on----------------rrr don`t get the big head ! lol