23 Jul 97 14:01, Hey Rocky! TOM COLLINS pulled Re: 396 outta his hat!:
 TC>
 ELJ>> Note, I DID say 1955 model 265, had thicker block, 56 on was not
 ELJ>> the same, now, how do I know this, DID it, pulled a 265 from a
 ELJ>> wrecked 55 chevy, had er punched out, that sucker in a lil Nova
 ELJ>> was bad for a lil thing, reved quick, did this back in '69, I must
 ELJ>> say, even being a Stang luver, that them Chevy small blocks are SO
 ELJ>> easy to work with.
 TC>
 TC> Hmmmm......now another question.......where on that block were the
 TC> engine mounts?
 TC>
 TC> All 265's came with no side mounts cast into the block. They were
 TC> bolted to the front of the engine just to either side of the
 TC> balancer. If the engine was a 265, it had front mounts. The 283 in
 TC> 1957 had the same engine mount arrangement. If mounted it in a car
 TC> chassis of the mid 60's, it had to have side mounted engine mounts.
 TC> Did the engine have the three bolt pattern mounting cast into the
 TC> sides of the block? If so, it was a 1958 or later block, 283 at
 TC> least, since 327's already had 4" bore. It would have been difficult
 TC> to mount a 265 block in any later GM chassis. (Excluding the Corvette
 TC> and trucks). Also, why would GM change the wall thickness of the
 TC> castings to a thinner wall in 1956 when the plans were to go bigger
 TC> bore? Jus' wonderin', Cheers, Tom
Uhhh. The question to ask about his 1955 265 is; where was the oil filter on 
that block...:)
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