Is there any new information out there.. what is the status of the ones being built

Mine is together.
We used the aluminum version, the prototype actually.
It's been run on the dyno, just slowly getting the car together for spring. It's a little snowy up here yet!
Strokeraspen was going to do a build thread on it, hopefully he does cause it will be a whole lot easier for him to lay out all our trials and tribulations than it would be for me.
I would like to post some pictures here for you guys but it just does not seem like an easy thing to do on this site.
If you like, search up 'joss engines aluminum small block' on you tube. There is a short video of it on there.

Mine is apart and I am waiting on getting the tooling to put lifter bushings in. It turns out that when the offset lifters I am using has a cutout on the side lifter body to clear the pushrod and when it is on base circle of the cam it exposes the oil galley thus having 8 oil leaks, so I decided to fix it.
So far everything looks good and it is ready to go back together after we get the bushings installed. I will keep you informed when I get it back together and running.