340 Vs 360

Uncle Tony doesn’t have the money or the skill to build anything. He can’t run a mill or a lathe (or he’d figure out a way to get that at the shop) let alone run any automotive machine tools with any accuracy.

Big difference between a machinist and a play engine builder.
Well, by this criteria I’m a hack too. LOL

I do have an old South Bend 9” lathe and an ancient small horizontal mill. I can do what I need, but I’m no machinist. I build all of my own engines and have for a few others too, but I’m not an engine builder. I also build my own transmissions and do all my own fabrication, but don’t claim to be either.

Yep a hack!