Its going to actually him a grand or two more than just building it to the previous spec he is only really a change of turbo/cams/lifters away from cracking 200mph, and once thats done he will have the benefits in trackdays too as IMHO he shouldnt be doing trackdays on hydraulics with that sort of car anyway.

What its going to risk? Well potentially the same failure, but given how well Rod's coped on the old block, I personally view that as a low risk when its got the proper block on it not a 99 one.

Again though, not my money so easy for me to say I realise!

PS
Having been sat in the car with dave on a top speed run, and having to yell at him to brake because he was SO determined to keep his foot in, I actually think that 200mph means a lot more to him than people think, might not mean anything to most folk but I believe Dave is a man who sets himself goals in life and then achieves them, irrelevant of wether others feel the goal is important or not.
Im a bit like that myself TBH so find it easy to see how he could end up so focussed on it.