GM's aluminum 60* engine block...

[85maro]

Anyone know how much it costs? Not that I could afford it anyway, but I like to dream...

Oh, and I want to start a thread on it too. Anyone actually own one?

[bszopi]

There are a couple people on the forum who either currently own one or have owned on. They have been discussed on the forum many times. Current price IIRC is around $3k from GM. With a little searching, you could find plenty more info.

[Ortie666]

Anyone know how much it costs? Not that I could afford it anyway, but I like to dream...

Oh, and I want to start a thread on it too. Anyone actually own one?

http://www.gmpartsdirect.com/
GM PART # 10051141
CATEGORY: All
PACK QTY: 1
CORE CHARGE: $0.00
GM LIST: $4,359.23
OUR PRICE: $3,173.52

Thats the 4 Bolt main aluminum block that can accept a 91mm bore

I would also like to buy one of these blocks too.. not untill I start winning some big races tho.. its quite an investment!!, worth it tho if you have no other way to loose 50 lbs

[geoffinbc]

That and it would make installing a roller cam block in a RWD vehicle a hell of alot easier.
I need one.

[sharkey]

im sure if your going to the extent of needing that block, you would be using a solid roller anyways.

[427v8]

do they come stock in anything??

[Doubt_Incarnate]

no it doesnt

[Guest]

I have one. Brand new.

[Ortie666]

I have one. Brand new.

In what??

[sharkey]

iirc, he has a gm prototype aluminum block, heads and intake from the "porsche eater" fiero prototype. it was basicly just aluminum versions of the gen 1 iron block and heads, and i think the heads even had the small valves in em.

if this isnt you shaun, disregard this post.

[AaronGTR]

Last I heard too it wasn't installed in anything yet. Still in the crate. Don't know if that's changed or not.

[Ortie666]

it was basicly just aluminum versions of the gen 1 iron block and heads,

EWW, puke.. a gen 1 block?? so it had the dinky little mains in it?? no wonder why it's not in anything yet..

[bszopi]

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/p8ntman442/album?.dir=/fd0c&.src=ph

There is a member's photo gallery of the prototype aluminum block, NOT the actual Bow-Tie block.

[Guest]

No. I have the bowtie block. Large mains, 4 bolt caps. Not the prototype block. Someone else has the prototype block and prototype heads running around in his fiero. He posts on www.realfierotech.com

I did at one time also have a prototype block but I sold it to someone in Arizona. he posts on here too.

[85maro]

Anyone have a guestimate on how much power you could pump through it? Seems with 4 bolt mains, extra webbing and thick cylinder liners it could hold up to alot more abuse than the iorn blocks could, although an iorn block would be much stiffer. When I get the $$ for it I'm going to use block filler on one of these, turbo it, put it on alchol and see how much I can get out of it before I break something.