need some old school muscle help
03-08-2007, 06:01 PM
#32
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Join Date: Apr 2006
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Re: need some old school muscle help
Originally Posted by Mista Bone
pray the motor was a "truck block"......they were about all 4 bolt mains.
I'd did out my older SBC program info, but it's on a 5.25" floppy, know anyone that has a AppleIIe?
I'd did out my older SBC program info, but it's on a 5.25" floppy, know anyone that has a AppleIIe?
03-08-2007, 06:41 PM
#34
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Join Date: Apr 2003
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Re: need some old school muscle help
in the time it took me to decifer this cluster ---- I could have pulled the pan and found out if it was 2 or 4 bolt mains. Go get your hands dirty and work on the damn car throw go fast parts at it till it blows up because a block costs about 200 at the most, and the crank is the only thing that is possibly worth a damn and you wont break that. I've given away 4 bolt virgin 350 blocks because I needed the room
03-08-2007, 07:43 PM
#36
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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Re: need some old school muscle help
Originally Posted by brine04
Aren't the 2 bolts actually stronger than the 4 bolts? Unless you take a 2 bolt and machine it to a 4 bolt diagonally? Just something I heard somewhere.
03-08-2007, 10:14 PM
#39
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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Re: need some old school muscle help
Originally Posted by burkej62
All stripped now 
The heads say 333882 and 6-8-74 which must be the date, as it matches the block .
The other block number says 014817
It's a 2 bolt. i think . what exactly am looking for.
The heads say 333882 and 6-8-74 which must be the date, as it matches the block .
The other block number says 014817
It's a 2 bolt. i think . what exactly am looking for.
The 882 heads are at least a decent head to work with. They do fairly well with a mild port job and a quality multi angle valve job.
As far as the 2 bolt 400 blocks being stronger goes. It is pretty common for the main webs to crack with the straight 4 bolt main arrangement, especially on a block that is generally used witha a longer strike that in turn puts more stress on the main webs. Most of the time the preferred approach is to get a 2 bolt 400 block and convert it to a splayed 4 bolt main setup.
But again, it is just what I have heard. :P
03-08-2007, 10:27 PM
#40
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Re: need some old school muscle help
Originally Posted by snm95ls
Well if all five of the main caps only have 2 bolts that attach them to the bottom of the block then it is a 2 bolt main block. Pretty simple.
The 882 heads are at least a decent head to work with. They do fairly well with a mild port job and a quality multi angle valve job.
As far as the 2 bolt 400 blocks being stronger goes. It is pretty common for the main webs to crack with the straight 4 bolt main arrangement, especially on a block that is generally used witha a longer strike that in turn puts more stress on the main webs. Most of the time the preferred approach is to get a 2 bolt 400 block and convert it to a splayed 4 bolt main setup.
But again, it is just what I have heard. :P
The 882 heads are at least a decent head to work with. They do fairly well with a mild port job and a quality multi angle valve job.
As far as the 2 bolt 400 blocks being stronger goes. It is pretty common for the main webs to crack with the straight 4 bolt main arrangement, especially on a block that is generally used witha a longer strike that in turn puts more stress on the main webs. Most of the time the preferred approach is to get a 2 bolt 400 block and convert it to a splayed 4 bolt main setup.
But again, it is just what I have heard. :P
