Katech_Jason

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We have moved our 500ci billet blocks to the clearance section of our website and slashed the price in half. These are now priced way under cost and are only available while supplies last. These are left-over stock from the Corvette C6RS program's billet 500ci engine.

http://store.katechengines.com/bille...lock-p201.aspx

We are also putting liners in several of them which makes them capable of up to 481ci.
http://store.katechengines.com/bille...lock-p376.aspx

When they're gone, they're gone!

hsvgtsr

You ******* I would of had one of those if they where that price in February I probley would of had it in the car by now as well

Iam still waiting for a off the self engine I orderd in feb

Katech_Jason

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Wow, who is your engine supplier that is requiring you to wait so long?

hsvgtsr

Performance world parts there based here in the uk that's why I usd them big mistake on my part

Come the 17th of this mouth it'll be 4 mouths for a of the shelf lsx454
It's a good job it's not a customers car

ramairws6

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So they were $10,000 to begin with!?

Stage7

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Yes...

Jason, can you speak to some of the design differences/benefits of these blocks over other available options?

Thanks

409CISecondGen

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I'm just curious, how much taller is the block?

Vertically, measured from the top of the oil pan to the valley. Not deck height wise.

Late Model Racecraft

Have one available without water jackets?

427

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Jason,
Where is the cam?
Is this the Dart block?

Kurt

kickassT/A

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raised cam, but only 4 bolt block.....

214Chevelle

I've heard that "these" DART billet blocks are ideal for racing, but for street use on a driver, they aren't good and may have problems with cooling due to the water jackets being in a different location in the block. Also, why not a 6-bolt block?

Katech_Jason

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Billet blocks are very strong. Tom Kempf is running something very similar in his car which is about 2500-3000hp. Although, his doesn't have water jackets and I don't know what the cylinder head bolt configuration is. It's got to be 6-bolt and bigger studs. I realize that if you want something over 1000hp you're going to want an RHS block with 6-bolt heads, but there are some guys out there building sub-1000hp engines that just want the cool factor of a billet block and at half the price of what it originally was it puts it more within reach.

About 1/2"

No, sorry.

Yes, it's an adaptation of the Dart block. We took the Dart block and made 32 design changes for the C6RS program. One of those changes was raising the cam for the 4.500" stroke. It's in the same location as the RHS block.

Yes, I know. It would be awesome if these were 6-bolt blocks but they were originally bought for the C6RS program which was 600hp and only needed 4-bolt.

There are about a dozen C6RS street cars running around with these blocks and there was never once a cooling issue. We've also ran some in 700 and 800hp race engines.