You have to remember Jon has the ability to buy parts at substantially less than you or I can buy them. His crankshaft is billet, and he said it was done quickly for him, and the cost he quoted to me was about a 25% less than I can buy the same part for. He buys at much less than jobber, has his own shop, and the advertising he gets more than pays for the money spent on a particular engine. Those carburetors and intake manifold were $3000, and he had the owner of that shop with him at the EMC to make any dyno changes needed as they made their pulls. Of course the advertisements and magazine pictures assure folks will look up those carburetors for their builds. He won $12K, got sponsor money, and has the engine for sale. He will more than make his money back if the engine sells. He said he did not have a lot of dyno time on that engine before the competition. Joe-JDC