Re: New Wedge and Hemi blocks
[Re: BradH]
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01/21/20 05:09 PM
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I a$$ume they require comparable additional prep work
That would be work not completed, unfinished gasket surfaces, dirt and swarf in blind holes, incomplete female threads, correcting alignment and tolerance errors, deck not square? What to do about a fatal error such as bank angle is off, tappet angle off, main caps already oversize, cam centerline too low? Haven't you seen blocks with head bolts in place and visibly out of parallel? Why does anyone tolerate this?
I'm happy that my DD can safely rely on almost all factory parts (for now).
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Re: New Wedge and Hemi blocks
[Re: kwikblownhemi]
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01/22/20 12:19 AM
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I wish I had bought a dozen blocks when they were easy to get. Maybe it would be wise to stock up now. You never know when they will become unavailable again.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/boeexFms.jpg[/img]31 Plymouth Coupe, 392 Hemi, T56 magnum RS23J71 RS27J77 RP23J71 RO23J71 WM21J8A I don't regret the things I've done. I only regret the things I didn't do. "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something. ~ Plato"
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Re: New Wedge and Hemi blocks
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01/22/20 10:48 AM
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I wish I had bought a dozen blocks when they were easy to get. Maybe it would be wise to stock up now. You never know when they will become unavailable again. I have a new monetary reference courtesy of this thread, a "block", as in: "We just made the spring tuition payment for the oldest of my 3 kids who's a freshman at a state university and it was 2 blocks." Much as I hate to admit it, I'm so not the target audience for any of the new blocks at their current -- and foreseeable -- price points.
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Re: New Wedge and Hemi blocks
[Re: RTSrunner]
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01/22/20 02:05 PM
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Seems there were (are) a number of folks who either tried or refused to deal with Tony. So I'll just leave this here Tony?...akaFiat maybe? Fix It AgainTony
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Re: New Wedge and Hemi blocks
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01/22/20 05:40 PM
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Seems there were (are) a number of folks who either tried or refused to deal with Tony. So I'll just leave this here Tony?...akaFiat maybe? Fix It AgainTony As I thought
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Re: New Wedge and Hemi blocks
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01/22/20 06:43 PM
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It’ll be interesting to see what the block situation is in a year from now.
I’ve heard too many stories that haven’t played out for me to take any of it too seriously.
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Re: New Wedge and Hemi blocks
[Re: sasquatch]
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01/22/20 07:49 PM
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Oh you would be the wise one on that. Already squawking about..... Sending a pm your way. Thanks
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Re: New Wedge and Hemi blocks
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02/25/20 02:46 PM
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Is there any update on this? This was shared on a Mopar page via Brewers.
Now I need to pin those needles, got to feel that heat Hear my motor screamin while I'm tearin up the street
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Re: New Wedge and Hemi blocks
[Re: GTX MATT]
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02/25/20 04:44 PM
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kind of looks like the World block , oil port at front of motor . Maybe expanded water jackets . Well a reputable company with what appears to be a final product . Like Fast said a long time ago , price point for those who want/need them must be ok because they don't gather dust on a shelf . Hope they can get fully over the line and into steady supply . I for one will not go a stroker for any competition use in a stock RB block again . Glad I lucked onto a World . Mopar racers/builders better get behind these guys .
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Re: New Wedge and Hemi blocks
[Re: ogopogo]
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09/13/20 04:56 AM
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I talked to them a couple weeks ago . Late this year for wedge blocks @US$4500.00
Tex
New best ET 10.259@129.65 . New best MPH 130.32 Finally fitted a solid cam, stepped it up a bit more 3690lbs through the mufflers New World block 3780lbs 10.278@130.80 . Wowser 10.253@130.24 footbraking from 1500rpm Power by Tex's Automotive
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Re: New Wedge and Hemi blocks
[Re: tex013]
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09/13/20 06:59 AM
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I talked to them a couple weeks ago . Late this year for wedge blocks @US$4500.00
Tex What’s happened to KB blocks? It’s always just a couple of months away? I was assured that mopar had 150 leftover iron casting at the machine shop and a couple showed up on eBay that may have been those and then crickets. The other guys all having problems too?
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Re: New Wedge and Hemi blocks
[Re: fastmark]
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I talked to them a couple weeks ago . Late this year for wedge blocks @US$4500.00
Tex What’s happened to KB blocks? It’s always just a couple of months away? I was assured that mopar had 150 leftover iron casting at the machine shop and a couple showed up on eBay that may have been those and then crickets. The other guys all having problems too? no idea ? dont KB have some hemi blocks out ,wedge not sure . maybe with Callies there will be a actual result . I hope so . I can only pass on what their reply to me was . Tex
New best ET 10.259@129.65 . New best MPH 130.32 Finally fitted a solid cam, stepped it up a bit more 3690lbs through the mufflers New World block 3780lbs 10.278@130.80 . Wowser 10.253@130.24 footbraking from 1500rpm Power by Tex's Automotive
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Re: New Wedge and Hemi blocks
[Re: tex013]
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09/13/20 08:22 PM
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Bulldogs???
A few of those are supposed to have been received and in process of being built. PRI almost 2 years ago, we saw one and was told they would be a thing moving forward.
Indy??? New owners making any waves out there?
I know the Ritter small block stuff seems to be doing well, Other than that, it's been quiet all Summer. Unless I haven't been looking in the right places.
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Re: New Wedge and Hemi blocks
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09/13/20 08:33 PM
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I talked to them a couple weeks ago . Late this year for wedge blocks @US$4500.00
Tex What’s happened to KB blocks? It’s always just a couple of months away? I was assured that mopar had 150 leftover iron casting at the machine shop and a couple showed up on eBay that may have been those and then crickets. The other guys all having problems too? KB can't get a simple T-shirt order correct and then point the finger at the customer, cry about it when I posted it and asked that I take my post down "because they are trying to build a brand"! It's a small thing but told me all I needed to know and confirmed what others had said.
'63 Dodge 330 11.19 @ 121 mph Pump gas, n/a, through the mufflers on street tires with 3.54's. 3,600 lbs. 10.01 @ 133mph with a 250 shot of nitrous an a splash of race gas. 1.36 60 ft. 3,700 lbs.
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