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Originally posted by mighty mouse
Nice post. Just a couple corrections on the Chevy stuffs. The 389 is not a Chevy engine....I think it is Pontiac, but I am not totally sure. I do know it isn't Chevy.
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Thanks. Right after I finished my post I left my house. While I was driving, it hit me that I meant 396. The 389 is one of my all-time favorit engines as it was the engine in the early Pontiac GTO's. I was sitting there as I posted trying to remember the original Mustang-killer. There was a big rivalry in '67 between the Mustangs and the Camaros as the top-end Camaro engine (396) would wreck the all but top-end Mustang engine (390). You could get a 427 (bang!) that year, but they were rare as hen's teeth compared to the 396 camaros.
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Chevy did produce the 396 and 402 big blocks. After 1970 all 396s where actually 402s in displacement. The 402 and 396 are the same engine. The small block you are thinking of is the 400 small block, there never was a 402 small block. It is now possible to build up to a 454 small block Chevy, Fel-Pro released a gasket large enough to do it. Last I saw 632 was as large as they are going on street big block Chevys.
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Thanks. Like I said, I'm not as up on my Chevy engines as I am my Ford ones. I've owned three Mustangs and a couple Ford trucks and really dig the engines.