World never did actually make them, although I still call them world blocks along with alot of others. World farmed out the casting and machining from day one, and it's the same machine shop/packager and foundry as before.

sorry I could not disclose that in '07 but things were different back then.

The dealer inventory means the blocks are sitting at dealerships somewhere. Not at warehouses....if that helps explain what I meant.

Some of them are backordered because of the price the customer has agreed to...let's say for instance a guy who works at a dealer gets it at cost, if the dealer orders it from PDC inventory....that guy is not going to buy it from some other dealer in another state, pay more for the part because that other dealer won't give him a break on price, and pay for shipping on top of it. He will have the place he works at backorder it, and will wait for it so he pays less........that's how backorders happen on parts that are actually readily available, happens alot too. Mike's other question is answered in PM.