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i get a kick out of the "i do it myself" guys...
thats not me. i work at what i am good at, and i pay a professional to do what he is good at.. in the most part its not rocket science.. but experience is alot... i personally use BES racing engines, argueably the best in the business. just look at his engine masters record..
ill work a couple extra saturdays doing what i do to have the piece of mind that a real pro built my stuff.



That same argument could go for anything. Certainly anything to do with your car. Why bother tuning it yourself; someone else could do it better. Installing some guages? Someone could do a better, cleaner job, better wiring, etc.

Where do you draw the line?

The DIY guys, I count myself among them (though I don't have a really fast car), enjoy working on cars, so why would we farm out the heart and soul of a car? Of course most DIY guys aren't running at the ragged edge of performance where every last HP counts, so as long as we can live with that, and get the satisfaction of building it ourselves, then it's actually an enjoyable proposition/challenge. It is not a matter of not being able to afford to have an engine built, for some people anyway. It is a preferene to DIY. As others have said it's not rocket science.

That said I know this thread is how to pick an engine builder, just wanted to give the side of the little guy who would rather build an engine himself than have it built.