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Originally Posted by jkg2101
as for machining the new block, of course there was some
BUT when I went out of my way to preserve the numbers matching big block in my 67 corvette a few years ago, there was just as much money into getting that block ready to go. i would believe that most of these vintage performance blocks have been through it all and then some, and so a vintage block will probably have lots of needs. Unless you get lucky enough to find one that is really original and low miles, but those are few and far between in my experience.
brent - do you think the bellhousing really will move once bolted in place? i did not think of that. there are a lot of bolts holding it in place. welding a washer in place will i guess be helpful but now I wish I did it the right way from the start. only one of my dowels extends out past the bellhousing at all.
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Yes, I think it could move. Without something solid to locate it, all a bolt does is clamp it down. If there's slop in the hole, or room to move, it could squirm around a bit.