[azfordman]

Rick, thanks for being nice. I am sorry if my post somehow irritated you. I did search the threads, but didn't find anything recent that answered my question, guess I didn't look back far enough. I cannot say at this point exactly what I am looking for. In the process of gathering info so when I do start building my car I have some direction of which way I am headed. I am pretty sold on Kirkham for the rolling body. I am leaning towards building a fia street replica. It would be nice to shave some weight if I am going with a small block. I do waiver and might still go with a 427...and even then an aluminum block would be sweet. The car`will be a driver, not to say it won't be run on a track just for the experience. Bottom line is I would like something dependable since it will be a street car. I know you get what you pay for, but there has to be a balance of affordability and quality. As it is I am pushing over 75k and that is a big chunk of change for a "toy" (hope that doesn't offend anyone). Like I said in my original post, was just hoping to hear from anyone who has real world experience with aluminum blocks. Thanks again and I will try to search longer before I post anymore questions.