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Old 10-19-2015, 09:34 PM
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Originally Posted by CATBIRD View Post
Bart.....the cylinder walls of the 1959 389 also had a little extra meat. Back in the day, it wasn't unheard of to go .125" with the boring bar......John
These thick-wall blocks should be stable in a boosted application.

Built back in the days when over-engineered mechanical parts were fairly common.

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