New block, a further discussion

[AKCJ]

Henry, I know yours is a hypothetical question so my hypothetical answer is I would pay $3000. As others have pointed out, it would likely cost far more than that to produce the new block.


Just thinking about this, the original was cast iron - would the design have to be changed quite a bit to make the block from aluminum? I would guess that the cast iron block design just wouldn't work using aluminum due to strength/cooling and other issues.