[AMC-List] 401X Race Block
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[AMC-List] 401X Race Block
- From: Nick ALFANO <71amx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 10:16:58 -0800 (PST)
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
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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?
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