Burtz Block Price??

[Synchro909]

Originally Posted by johnneilson

Casting the block is only a small part of the story

Terry has a engine manufacturing entity doing the work

All of the machining plus the other parts are done by one manufacturer

Just imagine the logistics of doing this job piece by piece

It would already be too costly to replicate

John

I agree with you, John. Having the casting and machining done in the same shop is the only way to go to reliably achieve the required accuracy, especially when that shop is capable of doing big runs for vehicle manufacturers all over the world. I have heard (but have no evidence to back it up) that many "Made in USA" cars have engines that come out of Chinese factories. I have posted before that the Chinese are very capable of producing high quality goods but it is clueless western buyers who go there looking for say, widgets for resale in their home countries. They have no idea what makes one widget better than another and can't pick the difference. Company accountants are worse and will pressure for the least cost. We all know that "You get what you pay for" so we get poor quality widgets, then blame the maker. Terry did his homework and went for a quality Chinese product.
I have always said that when you point a finger of blame at someone else, you have 3 other fingers pointing straight back at yourself. I think criticism of the Chinese here is unwarranted. We should look closer to home.

[Jeff/Illinois]

Synch--- I wonder if they are the ones making the 6.2 and 5.3 engines for GM, that are looking at an 877,000 unit recall?

Or the last two years of Toyota V6 production that is a nightmare!

Just sayin'