As you know, I've been researching this heavily for about six weeks now since my original block took a dive. And I mean heavily.

Going rate for a good street quality rebuild is between 1500 and 2500 bucks, depending on parts you specifically ask for and the shipping costs. I probably have 15 solid offers to either rebuild mine or ship me a rebuilt/reman long block, and they all fall into the 1500-2500 zone, including shipping. If you want a dragstrip engine the price of course goes up, up and up. I just want to drive my bird and make noisy smelly tire tracks a few times a week.

My mistake is that I've let this researching go on too long, and now I can't make up my mind. Cut-off date is 1 FEB for me, decision will be made by then (pay-day too!).