I'm sorry you are so touchy but I say it like it is. It isn't "black magic" to make what is available for Mopars to make them run. Heck an edelbrock headed wedge runs high 8's at Keystone too and we aren't some east coast super track. open your eyes and you shall see.

There are also Cleveland blocks being made.... I have no idea how many they'd sell but I dont imagine them being a high volume seller, even because in part blocks already exist for SBF - many cleveland builds are just based on windsor blocks that dart and world make.

And they are available in cast iron apparently, as well as CGI, and aluminum. I assume the same foundry handles all three castings.

http://www.tmeyerinc.com/product/track-boss-cleveland-block/

Here are some pics of the cleveland and the foundry that casts them.








This aussie A body won best of show at the biggest annual mopar show with a HP Performance built Gen2 Hemi using the HP block, so when it comes to alu there is also HP along with the others that everyone here knows about.




https://www.whichcar.com.au/features/hemi-powered-chrysler-vg-valiant-hardtop

Most Ford guys in Australia are running a Cleveland engine, so those blocks would sell alright over here. Arrow are making a Cleveland block as well.

RE: Tim Meyer Inc. Track Boss

Tim Meyer posts on Facebook and two days ago posted the latest info on the Track Boss 351C. He's got Track Boss #1 built and on the dyno. The engine is doing its shakedown runs.

It's a far cry from having them ready to order.

This is an aluminum block. Iron blocks? Maybe around the corner. Now Tim Meyer is a competent machinist and engine builder, who has a financial base as an existing concern. He has a better than average chance of getting at least one of the alloys into production. But I'd be willing to bet it won't be all three.

R.

^ OK.... so far from a done deal on the iron cleveland.

Does anyone know if these cast steel blocks exist or are they a unicorn? ....

http://www.hpperformancellc.com/store#!/Cast-Iron-Hemi-Block/p/12528197/category=2880288

Obviously the alu ones do as theres one in the orange thing I posted earlier.

Trying to put Hemi heads on a wedge specific block is one thing, but the other way around doesnt seem entirely impossible to me looking at those blocks, move the inner row of head bolt holes on the head, then use a bolt from ontop and a nut in the valley like a hemi... leave the block alone....messy but probably doable with some of the heads.

I talked to him years ago. “ They are almost done” is the word. Just what everyone says. Several alum ones are out with problems. One guy on the board has one and it has problems. I’m sure he will chime in. I’ll be ever surprise if an iron hemi will ever get done.

This right here, copy the original but more meat where needed for strength like bores and cross bolted mains so people have a solid foundation without costing a fortune. This would still give the big dollar guys something to work with also, they can spend the money they would have on a fancier block reworking oiling and adding whatever "features" they deem so important and it gives the lower dollar guys something to work with and not have to pay for all the bells and wistles just because some rich guy wants them. Andy put drysump on a stock block I think, there are (or at least used to be) hemi heads for wedge blocks, external oil pickups can be added, big roller cam journals can be added, lifter bores moved especially if they add a little extra meat in the valley. I think the problem is all these companies try to do a block from scratch so it costs a fortune and they never happen. Start simple and add features once you get blocks flowing.

I'm no authority, but I do know Ford trucks used FE motors to at least 1976 (390's), and the truck market was and is huge. Before diesels, the big blocks ruled the 4x4 trucks in general.

I'll ask the question again.

Does the new Iron blocks even exist?

Yes they do i spoke with the supplier on sunday and he told me theres about a 5 week lead time as of right now
I mentioned a guy with his block at Best Machine they were going over it to see if there was any issue only thing they said was oil pump bolt holes are alittle off and oil pump mounting holes will need to be opened up to line it up and the lifter bores had a taper
I attached a pic of his block which he picked up from Best of the weekend.

Damn, that looks heavy!!

I don't think poly did that

Seriously... that's one massive chunk o' iron.

The mega blocks sure as heck weren’t light. Lol. If you want strong and light buy an aluminum block. Ohhhh that’s right, you lose horsepower with an aluminum block. Lmao.

Last I heard, BB Mopar aluminum blocks are a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside a foundry.

That's not what my eyes have witnessed.

If they're quality blocks, that's good to hear.

Yeah but taking up to 200 lb off the nose of your car that's got to be worth something.....

but if it holds together are you going to complain ?
As an aside , are the aluminium ( Indy , World ? ) good enough for daily driving or more a race only item ?

Tex