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Re: Iron blocks
[Re: hemienvy]
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01/15/23 02:32 PM
01/15/23 02:32 PM
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Possible factor: foundries want to run 1,000 blocks, not 100. For a short run the cost would exceed any sale price.
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Re: Iron blocks
[Re: polyspheric]
#3112182
01/15/23 04:44 PM
01/15/23 04:44 PM
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Motor City
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Since Covid. Several foundries have closed. Even with Dart it takes us over 6 months to receive blocks and head castings, and we usually order 100 at a time and 200 head castings at a time. They trickle in as they get them machined or if we need sooner, we just accept the raw castings and machine them ourselves when needed.
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Re: Iron blocks
[Re: hemienvy]
#3112223
01/15/23 07:22 PM
01/15/23 07:22 PM
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Oregon
AndyF
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If foundries are so hard to come by, where is Dart getting all the Chevy blocks made ? Foundry capacity isn't the issue. The issue is that the people who want a Mopar block don't have the money to make it happen. If the money was there then the blocks would be there.
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Re: Iron blocks
[Re: AndyF]
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01/17/23 06:16 PM
01/17/23 06:16 PM
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If foundries are so hard to come by, where is Dart getting all the Chevy blocks made ? Foundry capacity isn't the issue. The issue is that the people who want a Mopar block don't have the money to make it happen. If the money was there then the blocks would be there. If this is true where are all the leftover blocks at?
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Re: Iron blocks
[Re: hemienvy]
#3112958
01/17/23 06:25 PM
01/17/23 06:25 PM
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Melbourne , Australia
LA360
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Who is casting the Chevy pro stock blocks ? That can't be a big market. GM was getting them done in the UK at one point, I have also read that Caterpillar has done it for them as well. Pro Stock blocks are CGI, so they're going to be done at a more specialist foundry.
Alan Jones
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Re: Iron blocks
[Re: Hot 340]
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01/17/23 08:16 PM
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Anchorage, Alaska
metallicareload
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If foundries are so hard to come by, where is Dart getting all the Chevy blocks made ? Foundry capacity isn't the issue. The issue is that the people who want a Mopar block don't have the money to make it happen. If the money was there then the blocks would be there. If this is true where are all the leftover blocks at? They were never poured…..
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Re: Iron blocks
[Re: metallicareload]
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01/17/23 10:26 PM
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If foundries are so hard to come by, where is Dart getting all the Chevy blocks made ? Foundry capacity isn't the issue. The issue is that the people who want a Mopar block don't have the money to make it happen. If the money was there then the blocks would be there. If this is true where are all the leftover blocks at? They were never poured….. what you really mean is that every SINGLE one made was bought up.
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Re: Iron blocks
[Re: carter]
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01/17/23 11:36 PM
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Massillon, Ohio
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You are absolutely right. It took me 18 months to get my KB block. If not for Todd Marsh I'd probably still be waiting.. While there were no surprise's the constant BS from KB got old.
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Re: Iron blocks
[Re: carter]
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01/18/23 01:33 AM
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I don't think Mopar people is cheap. The problem is all the horror stories the last ten years about people who have put down a deposit on blocks that never show up....... and if they got a block is has all possible defect and in worst case you ended up with new expensive boat anchor.  Been there done that. Does anyone know if KB still producing block?
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