Tom, I am not sure where he got it from and there were no heads there yet when I looked at it. He has grand ideas of the block being worth somewhere in the area of $2500 by itself. Nick Alfano Alfano Performance Kenosha, WI. 53142 262-308-1302 262-942-8271 after 6pm central and weekends Message: 11 Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 11:06:25 -0800 (PST) From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [AMC-List] 401X Race Block To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0612151105450.8539@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Fri, 15 Dec 2006, Nick ALFANO wrote: > I would tend to go along with you that they didn't > really exist except I inspected it yesterday. It does > have the 401 cast into the side of the block, there > definitely is an "X" stamped above the casting and it > is a 3.750 bore. The water jackets are much larger > than a normal AMC V8. Looking at the size of them, I > doubt this engine could be bored more than .060 over > the 3.750 bore. The oil return holes in the intake > valley are plugged and it had 4 bolt mains at some > point in it's life. The part number shows it is a 401 > but the bore is definitely not. There is also "401" > cast into the valley section of the block. This is > not some homemade job. It is definitely cast into the > block. The casting marks are much more pronounced on > this block than normal. The block has been tanked and > blasted down to a bare casting so there is no hiding > what is there. Wow, that's pretty spectacular. Where did you get it? Where did it come from? Where there heads that came with it? _______________________________________________ AMC-List mailing list AMC-List@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list or go to http://www.amc-list.com