I will be all in at around $15K. This includes the $750 trans adapter for my glide though. [/quote]



Wow. Looks like I made a smart choice avoiding this type of build. My R3 build cost me 7500.00 and I thought that was high. [/quote]

Hooray!!! You built a SB using a stash of parts (used/good deal/otherwise) for cheap!!! [/quote]



All new and not from my stash. Deals are out there everyday as nobody wants this old junk. Lol [/quote]

WOW 7500.00 for an R3 build! I have that in my upper half of my R3.
Let's face it there are deals out there for those willing to look. If you want to build a R3 then by all means build one.
Have a couple of questions for you though.
What do you do when break your engine? Nobody makes R3 blocks anymore. W8 and W9 heads are nice but where do you get them?
My W9 heads are a little better than a stock Apache head. Mind you this is with the smaller cnc port job.
Oh wait you can get the latest version of whatever pro comp casting thats out there.
Stock eagle head outflow them all.
Having built an R3 W9 I can honestly say that the G3 platform is and will always beat the R3.
Matt