Under $4k budget build LA360 build

Nice! I’m on this site searching every 30 minutes, looking for various items to jump on before someone else does. I’ll continue that with the engine build. I need to finalize a parts combo though. Hopefully the books I ordered arrive soon, so I can dive into the technical aspects of how everything works together. Initially, I was going to try and use a tried and true combo, fairly blindly and replicate their numbers without fully understanding the how’s and why’s. AJ’s post was an example of something that was fairly simple, but something that I couldn’t grasp initially because I misread it. I need to understand more before I move forward... While waiting for the books, I’ll reread threads and start making better notes. Are you guys familiar with “Uncle Tony’s Garage”? I know he got slack on FABO for his home head porting video. He seems to be a knowledgeable guy and has some pretty great videos. In my opinion at least. I’ve watch Just MOPAR Joe’s 360 engine build a couple times.
I like watching UTG for the "entertainment" of it. But I don't think he "walks you through" anything. In fact he'll tell you to seek out other videos about specific wrenching situations. He gets bashed by some out there that dont get his show, but I like watching him tinker around like trying to make Bottle rocket go 10 seconds etc. Another one he was bolting on carburetors on the side of the road and comparing them out of the box" but not necessarily showing you how to bolt on a carb etc. He may still be on here his FABO name is Whitepunkonnitro