That depends,.......will you blame me if you get cold feet?Well, in that post, no. I am uncertain of what the savings are if I built it myself. There are a few guys locally that have offered to help. But what do you think the savings are? Enough to justify staying the course?
Like I said,...PATC is where I bought everything (Alto red clutches, Kevlar bands, Vasco intermediate shaft and a 10L/U converter from them rated to be locked up 2800RPM (Where I wanted it to be, should be the start of my torque peak, where the engine should be making around 600 RWTQ) Being a 351, your's will be a little higher than that but they'll accommodate.
All of that stuff came in one box for right around 1000. IIRC.
Add 200 for a shifter.
Add 550 for the controller ( if you intend to keep it all electronic)
My Plate cooler in front of the monster was 100.00 (ebay)
And if you pay 250.00 for a flex plate and that separator because its an S.F.I. flex plate,...that's your business,...Mine was stock 89 bucks,....and I just sectioned the 157t starter hole over an inch and made the old plate work.
Steel 3/8 brake line (too cheap to even list)
I'm seeing 1950.00......but what can I say,...I'm industrious, I fabricate things that I can. When I can't do that, I shop. I adapt. I make things work that might be for something else. It's what hot rodding is all about.
But I obscure the facts, and throw a veil over everything else, so discount everything I say.