I think the other way, make it affordable then people WILL buy it. But if done the other way, all you guinea pigs step foward and buy them then or if the price comes down, the rest of us will buy.
Too bad it doesn't work like that in the REAL world. Developing, casting and machining blocks costs X amount of dollars, regardless of the brand. So to cover your investment and make a little you have to project how many you will sell. If you think you will sell 10,000 you can price them way cheaper than if you think you will sell 1000.
If you expect to ever buy a Mopar block as cheap as a Chevy, you are living in a dream world
