I have no specific knowledge about financing -- haven't gotten there yet. My plan is to eventually finance the engine and/or avionics.
Yeah that is kinda what I was thinking about as well. Pay for the air frame and finance the engine and maybe the avionics as well. Of course it would be nice to pay for that stuff but a 14 runs the 390 and those are hard to find used so I may have to pony up the money, depending on how long the build takes I may not be able to save up that amount by the time I need to order the engine.