recently,i sent an inquiry to dart machinery about the possibility of them manufacturing new hemi and wedge blocks.here is the response i got.i could not transpose it to here but here is what the reply said word for word.....can you send me the names of the sites you mentioned so we can do some market research and see what the true demand is? we are always here to help if the investment vs demand formula works out.tooling is not cheap and we have to take this into consideration.....so,ANYBODY that has ANY info on any website forums with links to anything mentioning the need for mopar blocks,please list them here asap,or send them directly to dart machinery.they have a form on their website to do that directly.or fill out the form requesting blocks.....this could be the answer to the long lived block dilema us mopar fans have been waiting for....NOW IS THE TIME FOR ALL TO REPLY TO THEM.this is not a guarantee they will do this.but if they see a market,they will look into it seriously..if the mods could keep this up as long as possible that would help

PLEASE POST THIS INFO ON EVERY MOPAR SITE YOU KNOW OF !! and also dart machinerys facebook page, pass the word on to go to dartmachinery.com and give them your input on this.we need the numbers to show the true need......

Tell them to contact Koleno and see if they can work together , the tooling cost would be very low in this situation.

I sent a request. I pleaded with them and offered a deposit on a low deck. I'll look like a real idiot bolting that $5800 Lenco 4-speed to my '76 Cordoba block!

SB aluminum on the list

the reason I sold out from the big block stuff was because I couldn't find a block like many others have posted.

now, I would like to see some 4.15+ 6.1 hemi blocks made now that I'm into the new hemi stuff. I'm sure BES and Arrington would buy them by the pallets

5.00" bore space low deck Hemi, please!

I got the big block side covered so how about an aluminum copy of an R3 small block.

Dudes, it's going to be very hard to get anyone to build a block if nobody can agree on what they want.

Let's start out with a 4.80", 10.725 RB mains, then add a 4.80" 9.980 low deck with RB mains. It'd be great if they could go out to 4.500 bore, but even a 4.375 guaranteed would be better than nothing. Also on the wish list would be a stouter bottom end, possibly GII Hemi style main caps.

That'd be an enormous first step.



See how those sell, then if the market exists, add more styles. But, asking for everything at once is not going to get anything built.

If the potential manufacturer is seeing too many variations he'll do nothing because the fragmented nature of the market does not guarantee enough return or volume to pay for the initial investment.

Can't wait for the day of printing complete blocks.

R.

Then

LLLLOOOOOWWWW deck

So now you want then to do both a B and an RB block when there are already good options out there thru Indy, Keith Black, and others. Mopar owners would rather spend thousands on the stock crap with band-aid fix it all's like concrete and girdles and all the machine work money wasted instead of spending a little nore on something that could last a life-time. Come-on small block.

think of it this way,they could easily offer an iron b,rb and a hemi replacement block good to 1000+ horsepower cheap,and i am sure the r3 replacement market is there.now the gen3 market is exploding also...they always give you options with a real out of the box USABLE block.no bs,no wait time and no off to the machine shop to add another grand just to use it.we really need to take this golden opportunity to the production level.i threw the bait out there and they bit !!!let them know....

The reason to make any 4.800 BS blocks, would be to satisfy just a few. And a low deck, tall deck version, they are available in aluminum and the cast crowd would mostly use stock blocks IMO. If they were going to make something, a 5.0 or 5.3 BS is what's needed. If they were to make the block, there needs to be a head, crankshaft, etc. to fit the block. The GM designed stuff is already there and has been for a while. I have no idea why anyone with any business sense would do this for us.
As far as small block stuff, I haven't a clue as I moved away from that many years ago.

Love my keith black and yes I ordered it before I needed it as I was told by other to do so that's s non issue. Indy makes a great block to and many of my friends have an race the heck out of them. On such friend running 8's would trash a block almost every race season with all the band aids till as he says. Wised up

simple math,count the number of people using stock 20 plus year old blocks,then count the guys using the high dollar aftermarket stuff.an aftermarket replacement block capable of 1000+ hp would far out sell the big boy toys.you got to walk before you run here.there is a market for the more exotic stuff too,but eventually the stock stuff will run out.there has been zero production for many moons and an affordable replacement that could be used for a higher output application cheap,would be the hot ticket right now...