[Sirrotica]

Originally Posted by PAUL K

Good input.... any thoughts on how many blocks might need to be sold before a profit is made?

I heard an up front number of 250K a couple of decades ago for the IA block to get the first batch done....using that number (and don't know how to convert that to today's dollar value).... 167 blocks would need to be sold to break even....how many guys would buy a block?

Before answering, keep in mind many here have complained about the cost of Edelbrock heads. Then the Speedmaster heads came out for two thirds the cost of the E'heads and a lot of folks questioned the quality. Then the Speedmaster heads were put on sale for approximately a third the cost of E's and still quite a few folks opted out and others just complained that they still weren't as cheap as an Oldsmobile head.

Also consider for more than a decade folks complained about the cost of an aftermarket block and claimed they wanted a budget friendly Sportsman block and those would sell like sliced bread. AP had a small batch of "soft" blocks (same hardness as an OEM block) and sold them at a Sportsman block price....and it took quite a while to sell them.

So how many $1500 blocks do you realistically think would be purchased?

I'm one that cannot see any reason whatsoever why an olds or an AMC head is much closer to the price of a SBC head. In all these years there has never been any plausible reason as to why there is so much disparity and that a Pontiac head is almost the highest priced cylinder head in the performer series of heads.

Paul K, I'm all ears as to why there is such a disparity. Perhaps you being in the retail end of the aftermarket you can shed some light on why a pair of lower demand olds or AMC heads should be $400-$800 cheaper per pair? I'm not being a smart ass, I really want to know the reason why. If anyone can give me a commonsense reason that proves out, then they've shown me that there is a reason besides greed on the manufacturers end...…………

So far it's all subjection on pricing, I'd like a concrete answer...

[PAUL K]

Originally Posted by Sirrotica

I'm one that cannot see any reason whatsoever why an olds or an AMC head is much closer to the price of a SBC head. In all these years there has never been any plausible reason as to why there is so much disparity and that a Pontiac head is almost the highest priced cylinder head in the performer series of heads.

Paul K, I'm all ears as to why there is such a disparity. Perhaps you being in the retail end of the aftermarket you can shed some light on why a pair of lower demand olds or AMC heads should be $400-$800 cheaper per pair? I'm not being a smart ass, I really want to know the reason why. If anyone can give me a commonsense reason that proves out, then they've shown me that there is a reason besides greed on the manufacturers end...…………

So far it's all subjection on pricing, I'd like a concrete answer...

I don't have any idea how they figure their pricing. I'd think BOP and AMC heads would share similar pricing because they are low volume. However when the cheerleader captain would not go out with me in High School, I waisted no time questioning why and dated the co-captain. I wouldn't let my thoughts that I feel a part is over priced make me miss the oppurtunity of obtaining something that will help accomplish my goals.