To rebuild or buy crate

You have to compare what you are getting exactly for $12k. The devil is in the details.
Thats fair. We offer $5000 engines, and $25000 engines. 12K for a "Rebuild" of any kind sounds insane to me, considering what we can offer with a 30 month warranty, fully dyno tested, 100% new parts, BLOCK INCLUDED, fully forged, for. 302 blocks are notorious for becoming two, 4 cylinder engines around the 500 HP mark, so again a "rebuild" for 12K....yikes. Our new blocks have increased deck thickness, strength webbing in the valley, girdle, and rear bell area, plus priority main oiling, 4 bolt mains, yada yada.