[AMC-List] 401X Race Block

[Nick ALFANO <71amx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Brien,

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. 

Nick Alfano
Alfano Performance
Kenosha, WI. 53142
2662-308-1302
262-942-8271 after 6pm central and weekends

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Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 06:06:20 -0500
From: "Brien Tourville" <hh7x@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [AMC-List] 401X Race Block: "If she were MY
daughter..."
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For some reason,after reading Nicks'
post, I began hearing: 'The New Bitch' by ....:
marilyn manson  ?... 
........?  use your FREE Shareaza .pgm to download the
music video
if you're wondering ......


This is the 'X' block - that 'doesn't exist' -  no one
has
actually seen one - and lived to remembered where
they'd
even saw it, ever -



"Holy Grail" - "Block - 0h - Goal" - "No 'f'***in Way"
- 
the whisperings 'X' block lore breatheren ...@ .050"
lift -



If it IS the real deal - > :

like Unicorns and Mermaids, 
it's Fate is now terribly sealed:
remember what happened to 'Charley the Tuna' ?



It would make a Fantastic Magazine Article - as this
is
THE center of AMC engine 'Lore' - at very least, it
should
be Digitally Documented and Ultra-Sonic 'd Documented
before ........ 
well, ........ you know..... 



Once word gets out, the 'Buzz' in the Forums - like
the
'BULLTEAR' site,[soo-wee what an Image that conjurs
Martha!]

 it may eventually be sold to the highest bidder - 
with the least credentials -


he'll send it out to be *BUILT* - ......for his 
weekend rock crawler - "with 'The Biggest' pistons
ya' ever zeen"...erRRP@!! "yEAhBaBY...... tHAts'
tHe BeAST@!">,,,"we machined the PISS outa' er!...."


kinda' like Caesar in old'n days,
where he got to knock boots with the Brides before
..... well,
you know ..... .


Once it hits the machinist - it's just another 401 -
right
now ?  it is THE ULTIMATE Turbo cylinder block - with
the 3.750 cylinder walls AND Thick main webbing, but
that will be overlooked by the less technical.

It'll serve as a weekend mudder 'Trophy' motor - until
it loses oil 
pressure and 
'windows' the block  - , 

see duty as a 'Shop Lamp'  , being wired  up & placed
on
a stand by the Kelvinator beer keep - where actually,
it should
Begin a notable Retirement unfettered  right now -
but life is cruel - especially when 'Bragging Rites'
are involved.

In a perfect world, it should be displayed in a glass
case in an
AMC Racing Museum! - but that will never happen.

Maybe Larry Daum would buy it & keep it pristine next
to that
Aluminum AMC Indy V8 motor - keeper of the Flame !



OK > one chance  to hear from each of you on what YOU
would do with 
the:
'Mythical 401x Race Only Cylinder Block' - should YOU
ever posess it
in its' current 'unmolested' condition !



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