$1800! Yours is much better built than mine, but in my current state this is how it goes:
81 block from my old 2wd - paid $1500 for truck, got hit by suburban, they gave me $2000, block has 350k mi or so and doesn't even seem tired or make wierd noises.
76 celica head - bought 79 truck and 76 celica for $50, parted out for $50 = free head
junkyard header for $30
weber came on truck, rebuild kit cost $15
electric fuel pumps are free
$5 for metal strap to mount ps pump
$50 for a hybrid that smokes any engine I've had to date in a toyota (truck atleast)
I do have some goody parts for the next hybrid though:
NOS Mikuni cam for about $50-60 off ebay
NOS Holley 4bbl manifold for $80 off ebay
NWOR header for $120 off ebay
ATK rblt 22r block with 35,000 miles from $300 parts truck, parted out $300 in parts = free block
Free 20r head from our engine rebuilder, just hafta pay cost of him rebuilding it, expecting around $200 maybe ?
Figuring on about $75 or so for OS valves for 20r head
Figuring on about $300 for new holley 390 carb
That's a little under $800, probably add on another $100 for other miscellaneous parts. That puts me right about half of your cost, but yours will undoubtedly outrun mine with ease. I'm not gonna go inside the block at all like you did, not that I wouldn't want to, just don't see myself doing it. It's really funny how your (people's) mind works. You start thinkin how cheap it would be to do a build up, then before you know it you've either met or exceeded the cost of buying one or having a nice one built for you. I know yours would have cost substantially more to have a shop build, but if you stay fairly simple I would think a shop could cut a pretty good deal on a basic hybrid.
