Your thoughts on the 5.7 hemi tick

have you priced a new cummins lately? an absolute stripper 2500 with the *small* cummins is 55K

(i've been truck shopping the last several weeks)
It’s absolutely insane. I decided to find a nice old 1st gen 12valve. No ECU, no BCM, No DEF, no emissions at all. Just need one with no rust lol.