Just make ABSOLUTELY sure he does not get involved with Bruce Fulper at Rock and Roll Engineering which is nearby in CA. Dudes a train wreck and legend in his own mind. LOTS of bad press about him at the old Pontiac Years forums.
It's unfortunately the engine remanufacturing firm my wife worked for here in PHX before we ventured east went out of business. I got my 455 block cheap.
Hemmings Muscle Machines did recommend these guys in the last issue for a Ford crate engine for a guy in France. Having just moved back to AZ I know nothing about them:
2012 Mustang Boss 302 #1918, Competition Orange. FGF replacement 2006 Mustang V6 Pony, Vista Blue. Factory ordered. 2019 BMW X3 (Titled to the wife, but I'm always driving it for her. So I'm claiming it) Old projects, gone but not forgotten: 1967 FB 400, original CA car. After 22 years of work, trashed by the guy who was supposed to paint it. I had to sell it. 1980 Turbo Trans Am 1970 Mustang fastback, 351C 4Bbl, auto 1988 Mustang GT, 5 speed 1983 F-150 4x4, built 302 1994 Chevy K2500 HD 4x4, 454 TBI