"That wasn't any farewell slap." -Dick Powell

it's got four bolt mains on all five caps! and not just the three center ones. that's got to be better.

Tod was true to the design. The original Cleveland 4-bolts had them on all five mains too. It was great for him to mock-up one just to let everyone see what it looks like. I know we can't see the obvious flaws that Tod catches when he maichines one, but it sure looks like a "Diamond in the Rough"!

Ford has the new 1969 mustang replica, Tod has the block now if Blue Thunder would just build a new 4V heads it would be just like 1970 all over again. this is like a dream come true I quit wishing for this along time ago thinking we would never see an Aluminum Cleveland block.

and the damper is mounted in front of #1 so 4 bolting on all 5 is a good thing

x 1,000,000!!!!

But is these pics of the cast block? The block doesn't appear to be alum. or maybe its me.

The hint is the steps in the bores for the cylinder liners.
lovely work of art don't ya think.
-blizz

Well, I guess to sum it up, you could say, there's three reasons why there's so little crime in Mayberry. There's Andy, and there's me, and [patting gun] baby makes three.

It just looks like a cast block. I guess I was thinking it would be all polished. my fault

It is a cast block - cast aluminum. Sand cores make the same pattern when casting - aluminum, iron, lead, plaster, etc. You may be thinking "billet" which is machined from a complete chunk of material.

1967 Falcon 4 door 351C-4V
1970 Mustang 351C-2V
http://raceabilene.com/kelly/hotrod
Owner built, owner abused.

When will we be able to put some metal to it? To say it as in a Pink Floyd song" I'm Waiting".