LA 360 budget build ideas

JoePole1 said
Define budget build. Machining, balancing and porting work alone can be $2k. Stock bottom end magnum would give you close to 9:1. Add .028 head gasket and pocket port replacement heads plus Oregon regrind Weiand or air gap and you are there.
Of course if you already have the LA I would follow @273 post 9 Holdener route.

With budget, I mean to use pretty much what I already have such as the block, if rebuilding the stock heads isn't cost effective then I would be willing to buy aftermarket heads. 2nd, to not buy the same part twice like the carburetor, cam etc. I was thinking that $5,500 should get me a decent engine.