I did the same thing with mine. The shop I took it to was highly rated so for an additional 200 dollars, they assembled it so all I had to do was put on the head and the manifolds. I bet it saved me a couple of weeks assembly time, plus they guaranteed it to boot. To me it was a no brainer!

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