Thread: 396 L78 block
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Old 02-13-2020, 11:52 PM
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A 69 big block of any C.U. Or horse is worth more with as little overbore as can be done to clean up the block, imo. A heavy overbore diminishes any 396 or 427. With so many gen.4 454 blocks available, there is no need or reason to bore a 396 out that much, if it can even safely be done.
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