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Old 06-20-2025, 12:33 AM
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Originally Posted by BILL BOWMAN1 View Post
If GM’s intended goal with this engine was better fuel economy from less cubic inches, wouldn’t it have been way easier to cast up a 3” rotating assembly and use 350 blocks?
The piston and rod assemble would have been UGLY. I am sure Pontiac didn't shorten the deck height and then decide to run a 6.05" rod, but decide on the 6.05" rod and then what deck height would work with it.

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