While this block isn't for everyone cost wise ( 16K water....14K dry ) it's a drop in the bucket for some !!!
What gets my curiosity is why as CFE has plenty on their plate already for them to do a BBM billet block !!!
14K dry is a joke. CN makes a good looking billet block for $9,000 and I don't think BAE is higher.
http://www.cnblocks.com/CNHemi/CNHemi.html Those would be made from a forging, less to machine off. Hemi Billet blocks are probably the cheapest available as basically all Nitro guys run them.
I would imagine CFE are making them from a rectangular billet, for whatever reason