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Bore/block notching?
#2685895
08/09/19 05:07 AM
08/09/19 05:07 AM
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Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 636 Graz, Austria
DGS
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This is a 440 block bored to 4.34" (0.020" over). I put my TF 240 heads on the block and traced the outline of the combustion chamber on the deck surface. As you can see the chamber is larger than the bore around the intake and exhaust valve (area where I wiped the marker away). Maximum distance is 0.1" Should I notch the bores to unshroud the valves or just run it as it is? Compression ratio is not a concern as I still need to order pistons (I need a custom dish anyways so I would just make it smaller).
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Re: Bore/block notching?
[Re: BSB67]
#2685912
08/09/19 08:14 AM
08/09/19 08:14 AM
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rickseeman
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Lay the head gasket on the deck and see what it looks like. You can use it for a template of how far to notch it back. The head gasket must be at least .015" back from the bore.
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Re: Bore/block notching?
[Re: DGS]
#2685923
08/09/19 08:46 AM
08/09/19 08:46 AM
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polyspheric
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IMHO the intake notch is far more important than the exhaust notch, The intake force is relatively weak (2 Hg" vacuum), the exhaust pressure is huge. Every Chevrolet L6 engine built 1929-63 (and many Mercedes L6) has the exhaust valve badly shrouded by the block and they all worked OK.
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Re: Bore/block notching?
[Re: DGS]
#2686031
08/09/19 01:14 PM
08/09/19 01:14 PM
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Cab_Burge
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Run it as is The 426 C.I. 4.250 bore Max Wedge blocks had to be notch on the exhaust valves(1.88 size) to clear the valves, I'm sure it was done for valve to block clearances, not to improve air flow Along those same lines no one in any type of racing has found any gains from doing that on any BB Mopar blocks, even with B1 heads Don't fix what isn't broken
Last edited by Cab_Burge; 08/09/19 01:15 PM.
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