[Super73]

It can, absolutely. But I think what a lot of us are getting at from experience is doing it once costs about 1/3 to 1/2 as much as doing it again and again. Having grown into what I have today, I have been through:

2 different short blocks
4 sets of heads
2 intakes (Porting the second one at a later date)
4 cams
2 sets of headers
3 exhaust systems
2 sets of injectors
2 different fuel pumps and redoing all the fuel 3 times
5 different converters
2 different transmissions
2 different rears
3 different gear sets
3 different tire sizes
2 different wheels
3 different rear brake set ups

And much much more.

Now, did I learn a lot, oh heck yeah I did. Did I spend a lot over the years. Uhh Huhh.

You can either come up with a great plan from the start that will do what you want based on your end goal, or, you can do it the way a lot of the rest of us have. Painstakingly slow buying and selling new/old combos for pennies on the dollar, doing and redoing because you are not happy with it.

Just food for thought.