I think my perspective has changed. I am by no means made of money, but I'm losing my appetite for spending it doing things over. I didn't really see this coming, but that's because I've been sneaking up on it over such a long period of time.
I had an epiphany yesterday...when I came out of college back in the 90's, it was all I could do to scrounge and scrape and dig for ANYTHING FE. Having a 428 in a 68 Mustang was certainly trying to play in a game that was out of my budget. But I did...and over the years it's gotten easier for guys like me to buy parts and bolt together HP beyond the capability of the old vintage blocks. Now I have two cars
and thats an even worse budget nightmare.
Anyway, the last thing I want to do is throw money at another vintage block that "might" get me by. Again, I'm not made of money, but I hate the thought of spending it on another vintage block and then worrying about whether it will be good enough or where I'm going to be when it breaks again. And I'm sure I'll be dreaming of making more power down the road (I'd like this car to eventually run on a 10.0 index).
I'm debating taking the 462 that's sitting there waiting for me to finish the Fairlane NSS car and pulling the tunnel wedge off of it and running it in the Mustang until I get this engine figured out. It made 688 HP on my own garage build and port job. It's using the same 428 passenger car block but it at least has a main girdle in it....all though now I'm not sure if that's even enough...ugh.
Either way, I have to bite this bullet one way or another. Where can I buy an aftermarket block for $3,600? BBM website says the blocks aren't available until mid December 2018...not another Genesis deal I hope?
Pond blocks are $5,700, but are they available?
