Alan,
The photo of that piston sure brings back memories. Also, looks like that block has a nice tight seal around the combustion area. No indication of
any leakage (blow-by on the gasket seal). Must be a true block!!
If I remember correctly, you didn't have to notch the pistons (with a ,500 lift cam) providing you didn't mill the heads. Of course thats with the stock valve units.
As for 273 articles. The February 66' Hot Rod article by Eric Dahlquist is probably the best one, on the technical side. Great posting there on
all 273 related publications. Thanks*
Lifter (tappet) question. Are those solid lifters in the block (hour-glass shaped) or fully solid?
Bill,,,A Super-Charger. Where are you going and how fast do you want to get their? A small-block is still the way to go in the A-Bodies for the street. Do you want to know how long it took me to change the spark-plugs on my 69' M-Code 440 Cuda (with stock exhaust manifolds)?
When I started, my daughter was in 4th grade, and now that I just finished the #7 cylinder, she's enrolling in college
Paul