lol. the only reason i'm laughing is i've been telling him for the last several months to just do it. i found him a z6 block from my drug dealer(parts guy he intruduced me to) and i was willing to pay for it. so he'll have an extra block so he won't go out w/o a engine. shit jason would even bring the block over to his house. he's just scary about spending that much money and not putting it back correctly.Duck, you need to do what I'm doing... Get yourself a stand, get another Z6, and build up as time/$$$ allows. BTW, who or where did you get that quote?
my advise is take your time, don't rush, check your clearences as many times you have to till you feel safe it's correct.
i gave him my service manual cd so he can copy it to his computer and i have dvd video that walks you thru the taredown and the rebuild of the engine. i have two copies i was going to send him a copy, too.