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....not mine!!

1/2 way through my build I met up with a guy 45 miles south of me that ran a Dakota in dry lake bed races that switched to 4BT Cummins.... prior to that it was W8 small blocks. He had one used one for $3500 (complete, just add carb) and a freshened one off the dyno for $7500, once again, complete, just add carb. Both were dry sump. I understand the "used" engine sold, but the one he had freshened is still there.



Really a bargain when you get right down to it.
My wet sump W-9 headed deal has set me back a good bit more than 8k.
The incidentals really run up on these though......hooking up cooling , headers .......O.K. , I could have gotten by with a conventional distributor and timing chain and saved a couple G's. Maybe.
But they really deserve the show and tell factor of a belt driven cam and front mount distributor.
I'll never squeeze mine tight enough for these pieces to pay off , but they sure look pretty !

Even getting one for seven grand , you can expect to throw another couple grand at it to get it in and working I bet.
And that is with getting your hands dirty.