Maybe an other head producer in the game.

You’re kidding right? First of all, comparing a REPLACEMENT Chinese block to a RACE US made block is senseless. Not even close.

You mentioned warts with a Ritter block. How many Bow Tie, Dart, World, INDY or MP blocks have you machined? You personally. Where you uncrated the block, did all the measuring and then machined it?

I can answer that very easily. The answer is none. You’ve never done it. I doubt you’ve seen much of it done.

There isn’t an aftermarket block out there at any price that doesn’t require almost every surface to be measured and machined.

You can call Dart and order a 2800 dollar block, but if you ask they will tell you it’s not a race block. They are replacement blocks. Not even the same materiel as the race blocks. You’ll pay Dart the same money or damn close to it for a race SBC block as you pay for a Ritter. And it takes all the same machine work as a Ritter block.

It’s hotime to stop pissing on the people who actually make race parts for the snooty, arrogant chrysler market who bash them at every turn with zero facts or knowledge.

Who badmouthed anybody. And yes, the Ritter blocks have had way more issues than typical aftermarket blocks. If you aren’t aware of that, I won’t waste my breath telling you. Plenty of guys with horror stories with things they have run into, far from the norm.
And they are expensive. Fact. Probably 5% if that of Mopar small block racers buy stuff like that, even with few other options. So there is a niche for Mopar versions of blocks like I posted. 4 bolt mains, able to go out to 4.185, etc, etc
That 1500 dollar Chinese block has been used in 1500 horse applications, Chinese or not