Jeep Strokers

I sent an Email to Lee Hurley ( President of Hesco) the other day asking about the aluminum lock for the 4.0 He replied that it "was a long way from production"

In the back of my mind i remembered that their was a company that made aluminum blocks for the AMC v8 engines, it was Indy Cylinder headshttp://www.indyheads.com/ These gus make aluminum blocks for alot of engines and the company is much larger than Hesco. I wrote them a Email with my wish list:

Aluminum block, 4 bolt mains, 4" bore version available, better Can supports, clearanced for stroker, Tall deck version should be avialable, and one i thought of later was to have side covers so you could access the lifters like the chevy I6 motors.

Perhaps if anyone else woul have a need for these motors, I would like you to Contact Indy so they can see there is a demand for this product.

By the way, if anybody has AMC V8 motors, they make a killer timing chain civer with a racing oil pump on it, it does cost $1,000 though.

Would be nice, but I am sure the cost would be astronomical. It probably won't have the same markup as Hesco's parts do, but it still probably would be more than people would want to spend on a 4.0l block. But it does open up a lot of options. Larger bores, easy access to lifters, provisions for roller rockers, cooler running, less weight, belt drive time setup, etc. Hesco's aluminum head already have widened push rod holes for the lifters, and I don't see why anyone would attach an iron head to an aluminum block. If you are creating a new block, might as well make a new head too... thinkign cross flow, OHC, etc.. At that cost there would only be a few people that would want the absolutely best 4.0L, and not switch to some V8.

Good luck with your "talks" with INDY. I've talked with the man once in person. My buddy that was with me had to walk away, and he is a Chevy guy. I don't need to do business with anyone that speaks to the gereral public like he spoke to me. Just my .02 cents.