[racerx520]

well i was looking to mess around with something, my father is a mechanic and i was hoping he could teach me about working on a motor...and you dont need a tpi? i thought that you needed a tpi motor for the intake manifold bolt pattern to bolt on to it? so i could pretty much either pick up a long block thats a '72 up to '08 small block and they'd all have the same bolt patterns that would match up for a tpi? kinda doesnt sound right to me...but i will look into it.

also how much would a long block run? i got one price for a long block online not too long ago and it was 200 bucks, anywhere around there or would it be like 2k? lol