well i dissasembled my 1963 ( mfg code E 21 3) , 292 today. turns out its a jasper rebuilt engine... its been bored .040 and has a lip on the cylinders again. i dont know if it will come back in spec at .060 gotta measure it monday. it definatly does have the forged steel crank. man they sure are alot nicer looking than the cast crank. i forgot to check the bearings to see if the crank has been turned , also a monday to do. the cylinder head is a smog head and the exhaust ports all have the plugs in them on the top of the exhaust ports . the block has a nice even & wide flat ground spot behind the water pump on #1 cylinder so there is little or no core shift. guess if .060 wont bring it back to spec,s. i might sleeve all 6 holes back std. i can get it done for 65.00 per hole. this older block seems to weigh more then my cracked 1975 model block. think it will take a .080 over bore ? i dont have no access to sonic testing and its going in a work truck again so i dont want thin cyl. walls.
any thoughts guys
bob
