Hi,
'76 and later 440 cyl. blocks are throw away blocks, thin wall castings.
Max. over bore is 0.020".
Leo
QCI
At 12:26 PM 11/06/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>a 77 New Yorker would NOT have a forged steel crank.
>The last year that the steel crank 440 HP engine was
>made was 1974. 75-78 HP engines used a cast crank, and
>also the vast majority of post 74 HP engines were in
>police cars.