| Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,886 | A "261" with .060 over 265 Chevy V8 pistons, and a 4 1/4" stroke will have 291 cubic inches. That 850 head probably won't need to be milled if I build the engine like that. Those extra 30 cubic inches will give it plenty of compression. Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt! There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
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