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Old 12-13-2019, 11:20 AM
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I think Herb has his block sold and im trying to help him sell the heads.His block does not have the joined lifter bores or the grooves for the hemi heads.His is like the one I built some years ago.Tom

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Old 12-13-2019, 11:48 AM
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I think Herb has his block sold and im trying to help him sell the heads.His block does not have the joined lifter bores or the grooves for the hemi heads.His is like the one I built some years ago.Tom
Oh Ok He texted me the other day about if I knew of anyone looking for these parts, pretty neat stuff! I should have figured you knew about them LOL

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Old 12-13-2019, 01:04 PM
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Tom, any clue how many of these blocks we're cast?

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Old 12-13-2019, 01:56 PM
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OK,bare alu bore 3.75,bare main bore 2.90,inside sleeve(rusty)3.95,outside sleeve 4.255,inside main web at bolt hole 1.15,outside main bolt hole 1.019.
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If you ask me, this block almost screams OHC.
(we're pretty good at spending Tom's money )



But seriously, thanks for sharing.

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Interesting that the block has cam bores except for the front one?

Who are you having do the machine work?


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