Link Bar lifters have come down significantly, actually. Its the route I am going on my 69' 351 block. There are still the big cocks out there selling them for 450.00, but if you do some research, you can find them out there for around 300.00, new.
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Ryan
1990 Mustang GT (In Process)
1993 LX Coupe (Daily Driver, but just choose not to)
2005 Excursion (Big Pig)