Pontiac has more than 1 option for blocks at a decent price in both aluminum and iron, while even !!!OLDSMOBILE!!! has an iron block available that according to one of Old's top builders I spoke with is.................."bad ass".
That you can't pick up the phone and order (then get) a quality small/big/HEMI MOPAR water block, is not only pathetic, it's enough to get a lifetime MOPAR guy (myself, for example) to build a Dart Big M Pro block with MBE Big 9 heads..........or something similar, on a future build.
A sad state of affairs that has gone on for too long.
They even make aftermarket 409 blocks. An engine that was available for just 5 years.
Very true.....so how can the market support the existence of these pieces while the Dodge/Plymoth crowd has continuous supply and quality problems???
It would appear that every time blocks actually do hit the streets, they certainly don't sit on manufacturers shelves, unable to be unloaded.
