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Old 10-09-2006, 11:19 PM
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Originally Posted by allmycarsrjunk
A friend of mine owns the Mitchell car. After some decoding, the engine was found to be a 455 h.o. block with Ram Air IV s.r. heads. The compression was 11 1/2 to one. The original reporting was wrong.
Is your friend Neal Wichard or has it been sold again since Neal owned it? Interesting information. Are all parties involved sure the 455 HO is the engine originally put in the car when GM built it?

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