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Old 12-31-2015, 09:21 PM
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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.)

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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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Old 12-31-2015, 09:42 PM
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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.
Posted that a few years ago in race section. I'll look thru my pics. My pc crashed somewhere around same time and not all my pics were backed up. Pics were 59 389 caps 69 400 caps and 73 455 caps.

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