That New Ford Boss Block-Not Impressed

And ford does it again. They did the same thing with the sportsman block when it came out... they proclaimed it as the "in between" block for the budget racer and we all know what a dissapointment that was. I was going to hold off on buying my dart sportman block until I saw where this came in price and feature wise, I'm glad I stuck with my gut feeling and went with the Dart over the FRPP boss block. My dart wasn't much more than that and it accepts the stock hydro lifters without any modification which saves around $400 from having to buy retrofit lifters.


As for the 4.125 bore, I'd ABSOLUTELY go that route if I could have. If I ever change my combo it will most definitely be a big bore setup. At the time I was buying my rotating assembly off the shelf pistons in the 4.125 bore were pretty rare, but now most companies are making a shelf stock piston. My budget just didn't allow me to bore the block that much and pay for custom pistons, I kind of wish I would have now though.

I'm suprised with the price. that is a disappointment. I don't understand why they wouldn't have done true 4-bolt mains. That would have been a big selling point. There's gotta be a saving grace for it though, other than the bigger bore size. There has to be something that will sell it otherwise FRPP would have scrapped the project long ago, IMO

4.180 is what dart publishes, but I've heard of guys sonic testing them and safely going to 4.200"

That is a let down... I guess I have to start looking for a used Dart or R.

god damned ford!!!!!

****in mother****ed piece of ****in **** ass mother****ers.

on a side note, splayed main caps are supposed to be stronger than regular caps. is the block already fully finished?