[RACER X #99]

Rick,
I have plenty of experience with a 351 Crate engine. I bought one back in 99 for $3,750. I ran it very hard for 4 years putting about 4,000 track miles and 3,000 street miles before it exploded into a pile of shrapnell with nothing left but a flywheel and a balancer. I feel I got my moneys worth. Had I not run it up to 7.000 rpms on the track every summer it probably would still be runing today.
I know lots of guys will tell you about builder X who knows more about engines than the engineers at Ford but for what you get for what you pay the crate engines are hard to beat. Don't forget they're are thousands of Mustangs running on the street with occasional trips down the dragstrip, that have 50,000 miles or more on them. All with crate engines.

Good luck
Cranky