How many of you would buy an aftermarket block in low deck height. Aluminum, cast iron, up to 4.500 bore size.

MOPARMAGA said

Im not sure, I'd like to do eventually 500 ci with 3.91 stroke with killer heads b1 or -1
900 HP would be a goal but damn, it's still a stock block. I have seen stock block survival but unsure their longevity.
I have big dreams and the opposite in budget so I guess, in my case I'll have to learn the hard way or be successful lol

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I think there are several ways to crutch a production block to get it to survive a high power level, at least for a while. A lot of tricks can be tried on a stock block for the money an aftermarket block costs. You just can't really get the nice big bore that an aftermarket block offers.
Malex just found some cracks in his race engine, after several years of low 10 second power. I think he was planning on an aftermarket block.......but ran across another stocker, and gonna build that.
(Oops, just realized I am on A-bodies. Malex's thread is on B-bodies, he runs a 64 belvedere)