Looking for opinions on low budget 360 build

The cost of a cheap rebuild is $1500.
Find the cheapest kit, add machine work, you assemble it, that’s cheap. If you can get away with a bone you do yourself, that’s great! Drop some of the cost big time there. But it still only gets so cheap.

Getting away with a super simple re-ring kit and gasket set is not an easy “LA” engine to find. That’s why I said @273 killed it on that post. Grab one from fan to flywheel/flexplate, oil pan to cylinder heads and add on the bolt on’s, your ready to rock.

Oil pan, vacuum advance distributor, intake and carb w/a air cleaner, headers or exhaust manifolds, and that’s done. Oh! I also used an Edelbrock electric fuel pump and relay kit made for the carb!

I’ll add a cam shaft later.