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So when I had decided to have him do my build, and no matter how I went through the thought process I always wound up at "BMP aluminum block" vs factory block w/cap and girdle, John had treated me so well and I already trusted him, of course I got the block through him! By the time I factor in the savings I already got, which will pale in light of what I'm going to save with build out parts (Callies, Molnar, Milodon, ARP, etc, etc) the actual total cost will mean the block "cost" a LOT less in the big picture. If anyone is wondering, I absolutely would have bought ONLY the BMP block from John as well, but the more I buy from him, the more I save.
FEAST your eyes, and YES, Bill Mitchell is beginning to stock these now, so for the post that said you want to call, buy, receive, and build, well BMP is the way to get there, and the only machining required is lifter bores honed to size, line hone mains, deck and bore finishing. For example, the big bore RB that I got has 4.49 bore, and I'm going 4.50.
MY block!
What I'm saying is that I already had bought some stuff from John at Southeast Performance, last year when I was getting other stuff I had bought here and there from Summit and others over the previous year or so, staged and finally installed in my 70 Roadrunner, to replace worn parts (rear leaf springs) w/Calvert split mono leaf springs and sliders, improve other systems (stock to complete QA1 K-member and front suspension w/SPC UCAs), all the USCT subframe and frame strengthening parts, Wraptor serpentine belt and accessories system and so on. I bought one of the very first Dakota Digital RTX series gauge systems, rear triple adjustable Viking Warrior XS shocks, and so on, all at great prices from Southeast Performance, and in some cases, even though he has a great manufacturer portfolio he is a dealer for, he went so far as to become a dealer just to accommodate some of the choices I had made!!
So when I had decided to have him do my build, and no matter how I went through the thought process I always wound up at "BMP aluminum block" vs factory block w/cap and girdle, John had treated me so well and I already trusted him, of course I got the block through him! By the time I factor in the savings I already got, which will pale in light of what I'm going to save with build out parts (Callies, Molnar, Milodon, ARP, etc, etc) the actual total cost will mean the block "cost" a LOT less in the big picture. If anyone is wondering, I absolutely would have bought ONLY the BMP block from John as well, but the more I buy from him, the more I save.
FEAST your eyes, and YES, Bill Mitchell is beginning to stock these now, so for the post that said you want to call, buy, receive, and build, well BMP is the way to get there, and the only machining required is lifter bores honed to size, line hone mains, deck and bore finishing. For example, the big bore RB that I got has 4.49 bore, and I'm going 4.50.
MY block!