OK; got the 405CP's. Also got the block and crank back from machine work yesterday. WOW has machine work gone UP Yikes.
For $438 I used to be able to get block, crank, AND HEADS done at the machine shop... we bought new heads so the machine shop didn't have to do any head work, and I am putting the cam bearings in myself this time even,,, I wasnt expecting them to charge me to remove the old ones, as I thought the "hot tank" operation would essentially dissolve them!

Granted, I don't put brand new heads on every build/ but with scouring Ebay for all the new parts (everything so far comingincheaper than Jegs/Summit but the same brands of parts I'd be gettin from them) it looks like we'll be into this build for around $2k, maybe a bit more by the time I get my 4 bbl intake (have a couple of carbs here to choose from already) and the cam, lifters and Tchain; I am spending the extra money to have the cam nitrided before it leaves the COMP factory, to help fight today's low zinc oil....