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2013-14 Shelby GT500
Reinforcing My Stock 5.8
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<blockquote data-quote="Catmonkey" data-source="post: 16330715" data-attributes="member: 124025"><p>Even if it's included in the pricing of the short block or long block, it's a component of the ultimate price and many times these bits are extra cost "options" depending on the builder. If you don't have the opportunity to price fasteners, it may catch you by surprise as to cost. Yes, it's incidental, but it's still incremental to total cost of the build. I sort of did my build in stages, as the timing changes came later, and I did all but the short block assembly myself, so it's harder to realize what you have in it, until you start adding things up. Even though I have no outside labor involved in my cost, some of that savings had to be invested in specialized tools. It's a big nut and it's easy to underestimate. I found myself saying, it's only another couple hundred bucks on too many occasions. I could see where someone getting a turn key price can get taken advantage of with "upgrades" along the way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Catmonkey, post: 16330715, member: 124025"] Even if it's included in the pricing of the short block or long block, it's a component of the ultimate price and many times these bits are extra cost "options" depending on the builder. If you don't have the opportunity to price fasteners, it may catch you by surprise as to cost. Yes, it's incidental, but it's still incremental to total cost of the build. I sort of did my build in stages, as the timing changes came later, and I did all but the short block assembly myself, so it's harder to realize what you have in it, until you start adding things up. Even though I have no outside labor involved in my cost, some of that savings had to be invested in specialized tools. It's a big nut and it's easy to underestimate. I found myself saying, it's only another couple hundred bucks on too many occasions. I could see where someone getting a turn key price can get taken advantage of with "upgrades" along the way. [/QUOTE]
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