What's the appeal of an aluminum engine block?

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Originally Posted by Phx Mike

Not sure why you would say it is technical ignorance. ....

I made a very conscientious decision to choose aluminum for the engine block in my car due to the resale value and because it is in keeping with the "technology" and low weight focus of the Kirkham product design (billet suspension components etc). I don't think that makes me a "fool" or a "bench racer"

I wasn't talking about you... I already knew why you chose an aluminum engine for your car... It fits a theme with your car's overall styling- I get that.

But Brent's original points are very valid- aluminum makes perfect performance sense for cylinder heads... but not engine blocks; unless weight is the most important factor to you (which it clearly must be to many, many guys out there)

- Not knockin, just sayin...

And yes- Until your car has a time slip from a drag strip, or a road course (or has generated a fist full of cash from an illegal Saturday night out on some road in boonies, sorry to say- You're a bench-racer.

But that's ok- I'm a bench racer, too... My best days throwing a car around a track are probably behind me... I can tell whenever I get a little punchy in my Cobra that my eyesight and my reflexes aren't what they were 15 years ago....

And I never said bench-racing wasn't fun