It is nice to finally hear something “right from the horses mouth”, so to say. Never was really certain what to believe before. Seems pricey, but my finished raised cam Indy block came in right under $8000.00 from Barton 3 1/2 years ago, so considering time and inflation, it’s not bad. As Moetown stated and did, I strayed and picked up a 583 ci aluminum block R-M BBC, it dyno’d over a 100 hp more than my 588 wedge and cost $8500.00 less to build, hard to let the economical sense in that go unnoticed when racing on your own nickel. I’m glad for those who are in need, and would at some point like to go with a bigger wedge, and it will be with this block. Jim