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Mine too, but I have stellar credit.Too be honest.... after seeing what a new block is like (full of casting flash, beads of metal and very irregular oil holes), and having to hone everything to get it to decent tolerances, I prefer building the engine... Might be sour grapes since a 5.2 XS is out of my $$$ range
The idea behind the XS is that all that good go fast and live long stuff has been done.
These motors are hand built by the same guys that build the cobra jet motors so all that has been addressed by Ford. My last motor was a super killer motor. It was my first pro built motor. (I always built my own motors) Unfortunately my expertise on motors is decades out of date. If I can buy a great motor in a box, I think I'll be money ahead to just bite that bullet. I'm not taking a chance on blowing up another motor.