Ritter 59 degree iron block

rrvolare said
I don't think the 3000-3400 dollar bare block price tag is a big issue ... it is the inconsistency of how much money it will take to get it to assembly state ... I have heard from a basic bore and hone to a 2500 machine shop bill... Hard to commit at this time to a Ritter block until somebody with the most recent block produced announces the machine shop final assembly bill ... i wish i would of known about the 48 degree R3 block Hemirunner ..

You haven't worked much with either the X blocks or the R blocks have you? The ford and GM stuff doesn't fall off the pallet and build itself either. I can't count how many GM blocks I have to use .875 lifters in to get the bores close.

You ain't playing with Legos. It's not a snap together deal. I damn sure don't want to pay 3-4K for a block and not have the ability to machine the decks, or the bores or the mains myself.