Heres the info i just got from the guys at muscle motors take it for what it is.........heres the response i got asking about there low deck block.
Yes its true. We will have a machined block next weekend at the Monster Mopar show @ Norwalk. We will also have them at the Mopar Nations in Columbus a few weeks after that. Yes we have a cross bolted, big bore 400 block available. 400 or 440 main sizing is available and well as big diameter cams. Priority main oiling and oil to the lifters is standard. We don't anticipate having inventory for about a year. Everything is built to order for right now. $1700 deposit gets your place in line. then 6-8 weeks we will be ready to deliver the block and the balance is due when it is ready to ship.
All block B, RB wedge, RB Hemi all start @$3800 and are small bore
Big bore
big cam
Big main in 400 block
cross bolt #5
Bushed lifter bores
Are all upgrades and will incur additional cost.
Cast and machined in the USA, steel billet caps and ARP main studs std.
It's good to hear somebody is trying to supply blocks, but......
A 300# iron block, with a 4.500 bore, a 55/60mm tunnel, all five cross-bolted and bushed lifter bores, will cost what.....somewhere around $5500 to $6000 BEFORE a lightening program???
Yikes. What's left of my bankbook clearly shows I have no problem spending money on this stuff, but that's in the vacinity of aluminum block money, only without the general repairability and a 150+ pound heavier car.
Mr Sciortino.....can you tell me who this quote is by..."I'm a BUYER of parts and 'whine" because I'm sick of idiots complaining about the cost of the few parts that become available"........
Allow me to reply, since I may not have been clear.......
I am thrilled another block option is being made available and I hope it's a successful endeavor, with Muscle Motors selling trillions of copies.
The only issue I commented on, is the close proximity in price to an already available block option. One that has 2 major benefits. One, being weight and the 2nd being repairability. If the MM iron piece was the only game in town, I'd have no problem forking over the required amount. The problem is, it's not the only game in town and the other 'game', the INDY MAXX has a similar price-point, depending on options, along with the aforementioned advantages.
Nowhere did I say I wouldn't purchase this product due to the cost factor. I simply stated the possible economic disadvantage of a bottom line so close to an already existing product.....minus the inherent positives of the already existing product.
If I were in the market for a block to build a wedge, or HEMI and my only choice was a 300# iron piece in the 6K range optioned to my needs, I'd spring just like I've sprung countless times before. Fortunately for buyers and perhaps unfortunately for MM......there is another choice and IF KB gets their act together, there will be yet another choice.
This may not bode well for MM and that pains me, since I'm always rooting for people who would bring quality parts to market for MOPAR types.
