[Dave at Pelican Parts]

Do you want to do the work yourself, or farm it out?

Evidently good carbs are getting hard to find. Add to that the fact that a good tunable EFI will make at least as much power as any carb setup, and offer superior driveability, and you have a case for looking into something like SDS or Megasquirt, or the Miller FI adaptation of Rabbit or Volvo CIS approach. Most of those will require some dyno time to dial in... Which adds to the expense, of course!

Figure about $100-200 to get your cylinders honed to 96mm, then about $350 for new pistons and rings. About $500 for a new cam/gear/lifters. You can get carbs off Evil-Bay for dirt cheap or a whole lot. Even the best will usually need a rebuild; the worst won't really be useable even after being rebuilt. EFI setups can range from $500-ish for a Megasquirt setup (with lots of work done by you!) to a couple grand for one of the "bells and whistles" versions.

Budget $500-$2000+ for headers. You need headers.

You can also ask Nathan what his engine cost him. I believe he did everything but the machine-work on his engine.

--DD