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Damn Ford can get you a 535HP Windsor for under $9K, full aluminum job for under $13k. Obviously, Mopar has much greater cost burden. S/F....Ken M




If you get the volume up then the prices come down. The Chevy 502 is probably one of the greatest crate engines ever. Not sure what their volume is, but I bet it is high enough that they can sell them at a good price and still make money on them. Hard for anyone in the industry to compete with that engine. A small shop would go broke trying to build engines for that price.