My Pro charged 97 cobra finally gave way just south of 150k miles. I do not want to give up on this car however working/nursing school prevents me from doing a lot of the work myself. I would like to rebuild the engine, however I have never done anything like this before. I will have no choice but to have a shop do all the labor, as previously stated I just do not have the time, nor knowledge. I have about 12k to let go of. Is this a reasonable budget? I will likely just be doing rods, pistons, and head bolts along with the misc things that go along with it.