My doomed 408 build

BlooDSMeaR said

I called and spoke with Tim @ Hughes engines. He spent about a half hour getting all the specs and my parts build list.
His recommendation was to pull the hyd roller set up, sell them to recover some of the cost. Then go with a solid flat tappet cam. EDM lifters. With my build he gave me a cam recommendation I wrote down. He wants me to change the springs as the ones that come with eddy heads "suck". Totalbill for parts will be around $700.
My original build cost was $6000.
The second rebuild after the eaten cam lobe was $3000.
Now I'm looking at another grand. I might have it running mid summer.
I should have built a big block.

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Like I was saying in post 12 these guys are local and old school. After I gave them a stroker kit they probably did another $3, 000 worth of work and for about 4, 000 my strokers has been killing it trouble-free for the last four years.
Two and a half years ago I was finally able to break down and afford the Hughes rockers. I was having a little trouble getting them to completely clampdown and they gave me some very off the cuff information that if I would have listened to would have ruined the $700 rockers immediately. If I would have listened to them I would have ate those $700 rockers. Don't get me wrong I'm completely happy with the Rockers and they're great product. But they're very far away and cannot get Hands-On and see what you're talking about so it's hard for them to give advice. Again PIR is right up on I-5. Certainly wouldn't hurt to give them a call to cross-check Hughes. ie another perspective. At the very least check out their website and their running processes. It would almost be impossible to send out a bad motor...