Just watched this video from Steve Morris, and this block idea he's came up with is pretty crazy. Depending on price, this could be a pretty great option for high powered big bore builds.

 

That's a really cool idea.

 

I'm scared to know how much it will cost. Probably 10 grand.

 

starting at 6 grand. Not bad I guess

 

Any welders have an opinion on the lack of pre/post weld heat treatment? I'm not sure about engine blocks, but in the industrial world, aluminum cast welding without proper pre/post weld heat treatment causes bad juju.

 

Yeah but it's only 4 bolts per cylinder not 6 at that price. Also doesn't mention if the powdered metal main caps have been replaced with billet ones at that price. ERL was doing this 10+ years ago.

You can get A new Concept Performance Aluminum LSR 6 bolt block with pinned billet main caps for $6750

This is kind of why you don't see ERL being thrown around any more. The cost to modify the block based on what is now out in the market, It isn't worth it any more.

https://www.enginelabs.com/engine-te...-ls-lt-blocks/

 

And then there is the Motown SBC hybrid block that takes LS heads.

 

Lots of aftermarket blocks out there:

Dart
Energy
RHS
LSR
Noonan

 

Not just that, they already have many upgraded features built into them.

 

My guess is that he's doing these for the guys who are required to run a stock block casting for class racing.

 

That's what he claims in his new video. Its for guys running a stock block class. He also now has a 2nd revision of the super deck.

Also he mentioned he will not be doing 6 bolt conversions. If you go on his site you can add up the options on one of these blocks...

IMO, I think its a neat Idea. However, I would just go aftermarket at that price point. but that's just me...

 

There is a more in depth thread going on here for anyone interested.

https://ls1tech.com/forums/generatio...ed-blocks.html

 

Saw this done 40+ yrs ago... SBF.