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Build it yourself. This forum will help you.

A day to tear it down and box up the subassemblies for shipping out.

A month to six weeks for the subcontractors to do their thing while you wait.

A day to inventory everything and make a plan and order all the parts you need.

Five days, eight hours a day, to assemble it. The Factory did them in 19 hours, but they did a lot of them. I think a novice, with the assistance of Wayne's book and this forum, could do it in 40 hours, have fun, save money and learn a heck of a lot.

Day 1 crank, rods, case.

Day 2 pistons, cylinders, heads, cam towers

Day 3 time cams, assemble engine tin

Day 4 Carbs/MFI installation

Day 5 put the engine in the car and break it in.

The hard part is PLANNING. And if you've never done it before, that is the long pole in the tent. I would do about 30 hours of research, an hour of reading/surfing this forum per day for a month, before starting in.

And I would figure around $1000 for special tools, sealants etc. before the parts you need.

The professionals do it a heck of a lot faster. They should, there is tremendous value in their skills and in avoiding the inevitable mistakes that a novice will make.

But it's just not that hard.

I am doing a BMW airhead Motorcycle engine right now and compared to a 911 it's a cake walk. I keep asking myself, "When is this going to get difficult?" I'm no genius but the point is, if you can read think and plan and stay organized you can absolutely do it and have fun besides.