I believe it is how much of the 'guts' is he going to save. A few years back I had a 1955 235 rebuilt for under $1400. I drove it for those years and it got me to OK City and back with 16 mpg.

Maybe, the 216 costs more because of the babbits. And if they are machined.

Dennis
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