I'm good right now but I would have gladly blunked down 3000.00 for the right R block IF and only IF it was machined ready to go or close to it. I wouldn't want to have to have 1000.00 worth of machine work done to a cast iron block. That's a big reason I buy used and apart. My Keith Black block was the only one I bought new and other than my mistake of not having the block drilled for pushrod oiling it was ready to go. A friend did the needed drilling for pushrod oiling.

Did I say I was going to build the blocks? NO. But I guess Henry Ford , WPC, Dodge brothers and the rest went out and did feasibility studies on who would buy there cars and trucks before they where built. They took the CHANCE they would sell, there are no free rides in his world and these "block" manufactures want their guaranty. I would almost bet a dollar to a donut it wasn't done with the sb chevy, they just built it. What was the saying " build it and they will come" sounds good to me. Getting so tired of this find an excuse generation

I can assure you, when the subject is Lee Iacocca, Mr. Burns knows EXACTLY what he is talking about...

This isn't the 1900s or the 60-70s and the aftermarket is VERY well established in who will buy what. No excuses, only the facts

Must be winter time on moparts!

Where is that "dead horse" icon...???

There is hope for the gen3. It sucks switching over from an la, but gotta support what's available.

Damn contrary old farts...

You think what you want... I was there. all you know
is what you read in the papers.. my wife was in a
few of the meetings and I know what would have happened
to jobs like mine

Its not as bad as switching from a LA engine to a BB..
at least the SB trans fits the gen3.. thats my next set
up.. gen3

Anyone still making the cover to use a distributor?

Its not as bad as switching from a LA engine to a BB..
at least the SB trans fits the gen3.. thats my next set
up.. gen3
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Anyone still making the cover to use a distributor? [/quote]

I dont know.. I will be injected

Ok , so what's the hold up? Are there any any aftermarket blocks left on the shelves from the last batch? Maybe the piecs of CR-ap pawned off on the unsuspecting buyer.

I'm done......

Both my cars are going up for sale in the spring. I'm tired of worrying about breaking something I can't fix due to parts unavailability every time I stick my foot in it.

After both cars go, I'm out of Ct, and of to Arizona here I'll be in the market for a Barracuda' I can turn into a stock AAR clone.

I'd like to buy a 69 Cuda... something I can actually
buy sheet metal for... everything I own I cant get
anything without searching the country for to find the
last part thats about as bad as the part I have... I'd
just like a cruiser with a nice engine.. would put a
gen3 in it with a 518 trans or a 727 and gear vendor

That will help Mr.P cause you build cars of a different interest.
Please don't take it the wrong way.

The reason I do what I do is to make the lightest car
I can and most of these little ones are good on aero
but building stuff that others dont like is the penalty
I pay.. and being odd ball there is ZERO performance parts
for the body so I have to make my own... but for a regular
street car I want something that I can buy sheet metal for

Here's a $4000 mega block available in Pa.

http://www.racingjunk.com/Engines-Components/182787711/mopar-cast-iron-mega-block.html

Best Moparts Take Down EVER !!

Not really. I guess if you think that the US is around just to save Mr Pbodys job, then you could say that.


Or, if you think it's OK to piss away 20 plus years of research into something because Iaccoa had to have a government loan because no one with a brain the size of a pea would give him any, then yes, you'd be correct.

I lived through it. I watched as a once great company was dragged down by incompetence. It should have went broke.

But evidently, Mr Pbody and some other need THAT ONE JOB.

So you can kiss the ass of a flaming communist who said so many times publically that we weren't pay enough for gasoline, that the US had to cut pay and move to junk [censored] cars to compete etc. The mustang is an overrated pile of [censored], the Pinto speaks for itself, as does the Kcar.

Love the pinko all you want. If he couldn't raise the funds privately, the company should have folded.

You sure dont know crap about what happened then..
but what you read MUST have been true.. yes it got
a LOAN that we paid back early with interest.. if
he went bankrupt all union contracts would have been
thrown out 1000s of jobs would have been on the un-
employment line which the country couldnt handle..
so yeah... you think you know it all... BS.. but keep
thinking you do