Trying to understand you then - why are you frustrated with stock blocks when you aren't using one?

How about, because there are no more aftermarket steel blocks available, and it really has nothing to do with stock blocks. It has to do with people wanting to make 1000 HP with stock blocks, -1 heads, $3000 aluminum blocks, Chinese crankshafts, and main girdles. It has to do with trying to qualify for T/D with a 4.800 BS N/A motor. I really feel for the N/A Mopar 10.5 tire guys, if they even exist. Ask Bob R., Al, Monte, Steve Gill, Pete Costas, ETC. Unlike some, we like to run something besides our mouth, and make a faster and faster field every year. That's where the frustration is, not to mention spending ten's of thousands for something that qualifies 42 out of 46 cars, then blows up. If that doesn't make it clear to you, I give up trying to explain it.