The Pond Motorsports blocks will be available in aluminum and cast iron. The block looks very similiar to the original with added cylinder wall, main and deck thickness. The water jackets have been improved to cool better with the thicker cylinders. Has single 7/16 cross bolts in steel machined caps. The block uses the proven side oiler style oiling system.
I do not know that any of these blocks is any better than the other, just that they are all much better than the original Ford blocks. I will use what ever a customer wants me to use and check the block top to bottem before we use it. I like to sell a block to a customer I like to sell it completely machined because then I know it is right and if we run into a problem it is fixed before they get it or we use another block.
The Pond Motorsport block I believe to have a retail price of 2995.00 for cast iron and 3995.00 for aluminum. The blocks will need to have the finish machine work done like, line hone, square deck, bore and honed and cleaning with all cam bearings and
oil galley plugs then installed.
I feel we have had a good working relationship with all of these companys and plan to in the future. We will always offer crate shortblocks as well as crate engines, kits, CNC heads and any other FE part needed.
There is no one in the country with the CNC capacity for FE blocks and heads that we have. We have taken raw head castings out of the mold when Shelby made some cast iron heads but did not machine them. We installed every threaded hole, spark plug hole, guide holes and CNC the chambers to the original specs. We should have Blue Thunder programs up and running soon since we now have some of these heads to port as well. Things are looking pretty good for the FE right now, who would have thought. Thanks, Keith