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RE: D0OZ service assy. |
By Mike McQuesten - 08/25/2002 11:59:37 PM; IP 67.227.221.213 |
That's a nice chunk of iron to have on hand Hawkrod. So what you're saying is that you have a 105 block with external skirt casting ribs that has a Ford PART # D0OAZ-6009-E on its shipping container. This is interesting but it still doesn't fully refute John's theory that Ford offered a 428 service block that may have had D3TE/D4TE external casting numbers. And John is not saying that all D3TE/D4TE blocks are able to take a 4.13 bore. However, in my admittidly somewhat limited experience of personally seeing two D3TE 360 pickup blocks become excellent running standard bore 4.13 street 428s, I believe any early 70's FE block is worth a close look using the techniques John has described.
Timothy's original question/proposal was to obtain 600 horses from an FE. This can be done more easily with cubic inches and I think it's possible from even 390 cubes. But does Tim really have to look for a genuine 428/427 block? Nope. Many 361/391 blocks offer all the structural integrity you need for 600 horses. And they're plentiful. You have to be willing to go to the bone yards and get sweaty/dirty in that Texas heat. I was just in Dallas two weeks ago visiting my son. I was so glad to get back to cool Washington.
I remember reading many years ago that a certain very experienced super stock 428CJ racer preferred to run C6ME blocks over the '68-'70 CJ blocks. He'd broken many CJ blocks and had much fewer problems with C6MEs. I'm not saying all C6ME's will take 4.13. Or that a C7ME wouldn't work as well. It's been said numerous times here....have that big FE sonic tested for cylinder wall thickness. |
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