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08-08-2011 03:11 PM #1
sbc 400 2-bolt main
hay i just got this 400 sbc it is 60 over, afr 210cc 202 aluminum heads, with a long stroke rods all balanced and blue printed in side and out, with forged dome top pistons
i sill have to get a cam and in take, basically a top end i wanted to make it around 550 horses (this is my first hp engine) but when i flipped it over i found that it is a 2-bolt main, all the old school dudes have been telling me that i should of got the 4-bolt or make it a 4-bolt main, (ow and its a high nickel block at least when i looked up the block it said it was 2% nickel) so my ? is is this a good block for hp? i dont want dump a lot of $$$ in to it just blow it up with one good run... if you could help thanks..
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