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Ill take a heavy block any day of the week that doesnt have cap walk and try to spit the crank out when you get towards 700hp.
Ford's 20 year old 'Teksid' aluminum 4.6 block (96-99 Cobra) weighs about 90lbs, and is tried, tested and true to 1400HP. Their later ('01) domestic block was 5lbs lighter and still good for 1000 or 1200HP... i forget. They're already getting staggering numbers from the new 5.0 Coyote blocks. You can keep your 200lb block... whoever came up with that one is still livin' on 70's time...
I had no idea they were so heavy. Would have figured Dodge would have gone aluminum by now too? Even for iron... that seems overly heavy.
I agree, production high hp aluminum blocks are out there for Ford and Chevy. Typical Mopar is always behind in some form or fashion...Unfortunately it's the best thing we have going at the moment.
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