[Alan Roehrich]

Tom, they have made small journal Bow Tie blocks, I've worked on several. They go in an out of production, and are hard to find. The first 4 digits of the part number are, or were, 1248, they share the same casting box as the 1248050 medium deck block (3.98 rough bore, 283 main journal, casting #12480050) and the 12480097 SB 2.2 block (4.116 rough bore, 283 mains, SB 2.2 lifter pattern, casting # 10051184A). They made a 3.98 bore block with 283 journals, standard lifter pattern, and a 9.025 deck height. If/when they'll make any again is a hard question to answer. If memory serves correct, the casting number was 10051184, I think one part number was 12480084. It was originally made for the 18 degree NASCAR program.

They don't make a Dart small journal. They probably won't, but you can always ask. What they won't do is make a Dart block that is 3.875 or smaller bore. The SHP blocks are 350 main, it might be possible for them to make a small journal version, but they'd probably want to make 50.