Depends what you mean by race. Most of the guys on this board would be happy to have 800 hp in their race car. Looks to me like the Edelbrock blocks will handle 800 hp for many seasons. So if they made a $2500 block for the Mopar crowd that could handle 800 for 10 seasons I bet 80% of the racers would be happy. Sure it doesn't do anything for the guys who want 1000 or 1500 hp, but that is only a tiny part of the market.

I have no inside info on this deal, just thought it was interesting. The engine builder I work with was chomping on the bit when he saw Edelbrock blocks available from Summit with free shipping. He has bracket racers and boat guys who need new blocks and this gives him another nice option. Edelbrock starting making Chevy heads a few years back and I didn't think too much of it then all of sudden they were making heads for everything. Olds, Flathead Fords, Pontiac, etc.