23 Jul 97 01:29, Hey Rocky! ELDOR LUEDTKE JR. pulled Re: 396 outta his hat!:
 ELJ>
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 -> ELJ>> cool thing about the '55 265 was that punched out to 301 they
 ->> would ELJ> SCREAM!, with 327 heads 750 Holly :)
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 ->> Actually that was the 283 bored to 4" yielding 301 cid. The 265
 ->> didn't have enough cylinder wall thickness to bore larger than 292
 ->> cid.
 ELJ>
 ELJ> Note, I DID say 1955 model 265, had thicker block, 56 on was not the
 ELJ> same, now, how do I know this, DID it, pulled a 265 from a wreckd 55
 ELJ> chevy, had er punched out, that sucker in a lil Nova was bad for a
 ELJ> lil thing, reved quick, did this back in '69, I must say, even being
 ELJ> a Stang luver, that them Chevy small blocks are SO easy to work
 ELJ> with.
My stock, 2bbld 265 in my 55 Del Ray would turn 7000rpm.  That's what made 
Chevy's run back then..c1962  It wasn't until the Ford 260/289's came out 
that they could run with them.  'less of course you ran a big block Ford.
... Cats have 9 lives. BANG!  8 lives. BANG!  7 lives. BANG!
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