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mike in tucson · 02-17-2021, 05:43 PM

OK, a stock block for $3K.... not that bad if I am building a nice car. Can someone sell 30 a year? French block sales numbers would be interesting. The Motor City block was doomed since it evolved away from accommodating real flathead parts...making the total soar to over $10K... way over. I'm just wondering what is the holdback for a new casting...money, design, time, foundry... or something else. I think you could whip up a SW model in maybe 480 hours @ 100 per. That is, if you had the CMM to establish some basic dimensions.

02-17-2021, 05:43 PM	#9
mike in tucson Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 177	Re: Why not a new casting OK, a stock block for $3K.... not that bad if I am building a nice car. Can someone sell 30 a year? French block sales numbers would be interesting. The Motor City block was doomed since it evolved away from accommodating real flathead parts...making the total soar to over $10K... way over. I'm just wondering what is the holdback for a new casting...money, design, time, foundry... or something else. I think you could whip up a SW model in maybe 480 hours @ 100 per. That is, if you had the CMM to establish some basic dimensions.