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Old 03-07-2018, 10:10 PM   #21
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Now THAT'S "a silk purse out of a sow's ear"!
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Old 03-07-2018, 10:24 PM   #22
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Very good work! You earned this one brother.
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Great work!
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Old 03-07-2018, 11:58 PM   #24
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Ya done good......impressive....!!!
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Old 03-08-2018, 12:40 AM   #25
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Could you fill in a few blanks. What size seats? How much did you take off the decks. It looks very nice.
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Old 03-08-2018, 08:39 AM   #26
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You are gonna have a Gr8 motor, i'm envious........Be blessed & have a GR8 day work'n on it!. mike
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Did you bore it to 5/16 yet? I see it was an original 1/16 block.
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I would check the cylinder walls before going much over 3 3/16 on a 3 1/16 block...at 3 3/16 +040 you usually start getting real thin walls on good blocks...
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I would check the cylinder walls before going much over 3 3/16 on a 3 1/16 block...at 3 3/16 +040 you usually start getting real thin walls on good blocks...




Look at the picture of the block its a 59A so I would imagine 3-3/16 bore stock not 3-1/16.
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Old 03-08-2018, 03:17 PM   #30
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Ronnie, he stated in a post above that its a 59 block but its the odd "replacement" block with a 3 1/16 bore.
I have one of these stupid blocks, and I'm very surprised it went 3 5/16 without windows in the cylinder bore.
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Ronnie, he stated in a post above that its a 59 block but its the odd "replacement" block with a 3 1/16 bore.
I have one of these stupid blocks, and I'm very surprised it went 3 5/16 without windows in the cylinder bore.
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Never had my hands in one of those so its true you learn something new every day. Certainly would be a good idea to get the walls sonic tested for thickness then.
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