I received a message from him last week, I think he usually slows down around 8 or 9 at night and is making calls then.

Maybe okay on cast iron but I'm not sure I'd use them in a head with thread inserts. We have all kinds of issues with stainless bolts galling and seizing up in tools that see temperatures less than four hundred F. We try to always pitch the stainless and use alloy bolts before they come out, insert and all.

I have two in one of mine, opposite ends of same bank. Last time it was down I had them re-done by a more reputable shop but I had not had any trouble at that point either.

BBM recently said that their next batch on iron blocks should be available the end of this month.

What if you ran it on E85 only? The alcohol has a cooling effect besides the race gas level octane. Never really seen that discussed with regard to a Roots boost.

I'm building my 12.6 to 1 461 for E-85. Here in Michigan it's available at most stations. I can see the smoke coming out of the stacks of the Ethanol plant on my way to work!

Ean, Blair works with REF too. He is having them build a set for me using custom flanges he sourced to mate up to the BT heads he did for me. He also provided me with a very work over Dominator flanged Victor to match up with my BT's intake ports that are moved over and apparently raised from the stock location. My application did require offset rockers and lifters but I believe similar results can be had with Pro-Ports without so much weld and epoxy.

I had looked at S&W but it was implied that their 10 pt. intruded on the dash. Considering ScotiaFE's comment about why not a 6 pt., my main concern was to stiffen up the unibody. This car is a splice job thru the windshield posts and middle of the rocker area. It started out as a 390 GT 4sd parts car I bought about 10 years ago for the roof. It was really rusty up front but because it was a late June car it had reinforced towers and a nine housing just like my July R-code so I decided to rebuild it instead of the FB I had that needed the roof. Found a near rust free 68 Cougar front half and a lot of reproduction metal later I have a rust free roller that probably could use a little stiffening. Thinking about it now a 10 pt. won't really help me achieve my goal any better than a 8 pt. although I do like the fact I could tie the 8 pt. into the frame connectors over a 6. Later if I decided I wanted the additional windshield and roof bars they could always be added to an 8 pt., couldn't they? Thanks for your input. Bill