Originally Posted By HotRodDave
Originally Posted By madscientist
Originally Posted By fbs63
I don't think it's that Mopar people are cheap. I think they are sick of paying double what other makes cost and being treated like the manufacturer is doing you a favor. If they offer the block at a REASONABLE price point, they will sell. No doubt it will be more than a SBC because the volume will be less.




You are NEVER going to pay SBC prices for Chrysler stuff.

Poly laid out the math in fairly clear numbers. A Chrysler block costs about the same to found and machine as a Chevy. Since there are 40:1 Chevy over Chrysler that's an in sue right there.

My bet is at 2k if they require anything but assembly guys are going to [censored]. Can't tell you how many guys bitched at me because the X and R blocks came rough bored and I charged extra to get the block to hone size. Virtually everyone.

Want to know how many Chevy guys bitched about rough bored blocks???? A big fat ZERO.

Katie bar the door if it needs a line hone...and it SHOULD and if it has to be decked (and it SHOULD) the Chrysler guys will [censored] for YEARS.

Fact. I've lived through it.


God knows I want this to happen. Look how bad it was for Ritter to get one up and running.


If polys numbers are right and they can get em to $1999 they will have no problem selling 1000, the first two option he listed are right. Also I don't get the whole chevy volume thing, sure there may be a demand for 40 times more blocks but there are 40 blocks available RIGHT NOW and none for the SBM so one decent manufacturer should have no issue selling enough and it would be white noise to come up with another SBC block at this point. As far as the rough bore complaints go, you dont' hear the chevy guys complain about it because they CAN buy a finished block while the mopar guys had NO CHOICE to buy a finished or not block, all the chevy guys that want a finished block buy a finished block, the mopar guys who want a finished block buy an overpriced unfinished block and spend more money finishing it and waiting on the local machine shop pergatory to decide when its getting done. Sure charge us 10% 20% more but don't charge us double for an inferior product then call us tight wads for complaining or flat out not being able to afford it.




I never, ever had a Chevy guy buy a finished bore block. No engine builder with his head out of his ass would do that. You think I'm going to out my name on something I didn't have total control over? Fat chance.

Just because you think it won't make it true. Horsepower is KING. To dispute this is stupid. C. Alston