Thread: 1959 389 Engine
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Old 12-31-2015, 09:34 PM
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Originally Posted by BruceWilkie View Post
Nice pics Bart. Main cap is approx same height as 455. Definately taller than any 400 caps I've seen. Main webs are beefier at the piston undercuts as well. (fwiw pre 59 doent have reinforcing rib but otherwise quite beefy compared to 61 up.)
Would be interesting if someone could measure a 326/350/'61 & up 389/400 front main cap and share the measurement with us for the sake of comparison.

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