okay, if you want to play coy then here's the specific question: list up the receipt or the costs of the components missing. cam, lifters, push rods, gasket kit, oil pump, pump pick up, timing chain, water pump, fuel pump. and what about the heads? did you re use your intake and carb?
you started with trying to be transparent but presented an example that was incomplete.
there was nothing snarky or passive aggressive in my responses, but if you're feeling attacked in some manner by all means go on ahead and ease it on down the road with your secret sauce cheapie rebuild numbers. that's super cool that you can do it for what ever number it was. good job. top marks!
Ok, I think I see what the issue was here.
I shared my machine shop bill because that was the part of my build which would align with a stock rebuild, just as an example of what the machine work might cost.
I never stated that my whole build was just a budget, basic rebuild. I was just trying to figure out an answer for the question of what a basic rebuild can be done for.
But since you asked:
I used assembled speedmaster heads and speedmaster roller rockers. Total cost for both was about $1,200. Should have waited for the black Friday sale for a better deal, but I didn't know that at the time.
Cam is a Hughes, HUG SEH2832AL-10. $292 is the current price, I think mine was about $270.
Double roller timing chain, HUG 6440. $122
Variable duration lifters, HUG 5003. Current price for 16 comes out to $266.
Push rods from Mancini, MRE 69691-16, $157.
Edelbrock Performer RPM Airgap intake. When I got it, I think it was a little under $400, but now they're listed at $474.
FiTech GoEFI power adder master kit with the Force Fuel Mini surge tank fed by the engines mechanical fuel pump. If I recall correctly, when I got mine it was about $1,400, but they are now listed at about $1,600.
Hindsight being what it is, there are some things I would change were I to do it again. But I did it myself and learned a lot through the process. I am very glad that I didn't pay to have someone else assemble it.