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Old 06-10-2008, 12:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Excaliber View Post
I have seen and have somewhere in my archive of photo's a picture of the original 390 alloy engine. It actually has an X on the valve cover, a typical FE valve cover by the way, certainly not a cammer cover.
I have on good authority about the original engine in CSX2196:

"...although this engine is called a "390", it was in reality a fully cross-bolted, side oiler 427 casting (probably the first) made in aluminum, that had the displacement reduced simply due to the insertion of steel sleeves."
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