[DeTomaso] Aluminum 351 Block

[wkooiman at earthlink.net]

I was referring specifically to Dart 9.2" aluminum blocks.  They're listed on their website, but I've heard they're hard to obtain (on backorder).

Dan J. summed up the block situation pretty well.

In my opinion, there are 4 choices for 9.2" blocks.

1. Original 351C (4-bolt,2-bolt,U.S.,Aussie, not much difference)
2. SVO cast iron (Dart too, but the SVO parts seem to be more prevalent - at least on e-bay)
3. Fontana aluminum (hard to obtain?)
4. Tod's new 351C aluminum block on the network54 forum.

I'm considering sending Tod a deposit for a block.  Anyone need a kidney?

Will.

-----Original Message-----
>From: Ken Green <kenn_green at yahoo.com>
>Sent: Feb 20, 2008 12:07 AM
>To: wkooiman at earthlink.net, rimov at charter.net, DeTomaso at realbig.com
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Aluminum 351 Block
>
>Will,
>   
>      Are you referring to only Dart blocks, or all aluminum blocks?  I think there are a lot of 9.2 deck Fontana blocks around and I suspect they are in stock to pick up if you want one.  I think Joe Fontana made them originally for sprint cars, but said most are now in Panteras and Mustangs.
>   
>  Ken
>
>wkooiman at earthlink.net wrote:
>  They're more like 351W than 351C. The only thing they share with 351C is the main bearing size.
>
>They make 9.2" deck blocks, but they aren't usually in stock. You can find 9.5" deck blocks in aluminum all the time on ebay. I've only seen one 9.2" deck aluminum block, and it was in a Pantera.
>
>Will.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>>From: rimov at charter.net
>>Sent: Feb 19, 2008 10:02 PM
>>To: DeTomaso at realbig.com
>>Subject: [DeTomaso] Aluminum 351 Block
>>
>>Did you guys know Dart makes aluminum 351c blocks
>>
>>http://www.dartheads.com/products/blocks/ford-blocks/ford-aluminum-blocks.html
>>
>>Paul
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