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Old 10-28-2016, 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by b-man View Post
Probably less expensive to buy a 455 block and crankshaft and go that route..

I used a 4.25 stroke (offset ground) crank in a 455 block and at about 720 HP the block started to split between the crank saddles and the cam journals. So if you plan on making big HP, use a 400 block with a forged stroker crank.

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