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Old Sep 18, 2010 | 07:42 PM
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hello, a friend gave me a 402 big block, I'm not crazy about the small bore and the small displacement for a big block, does anyone know what the max bore is and what the displacement would be at max.........tks................Troy
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not to sure,, if it can be stroked to 4 in 421cid, if you can bore it

stock bore 4 in stroek (454 crank) 421 cid,
bored .060 over, 4 in stroke (454 crank) 433cid

.060 over and stock crank 407.66 cid

so i would do a little home work because it might beable to take the longer stroke but im not to sure..

i might be able to handel more boring as well or less..

i dont know much about BBC's but that should give u some ideas
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not to sure,, if it can be stroked to 4 in 421cid, if you can bore it

stock bore 4 in stroek (454 crank) 421 cid,
bored .060 over, 4 in stroke (454 crank) 433cid

.060 over and stock crank 407.66 cid

so i would do a little home work because it might beable to take the longer stroke but im not to sure..

i might be able to handel more boring as well or less..

i dont know much about BBC's but that should give u some ideas
tks for ur input, the research I have done in the past little while says not to waste time on a 396 or 402 because of small bore valve shrouding so I guess it I'm going to go big I'll look for a 454.TksTroy
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tks for ur input, the research I have done in the past little while says not to waste time on a 396 or 402 because of small bore valve shrouding so I guess it I'm going to go big I'll look for a 454.TksTroy
yeah i would go 454 myself, i would keep the 402 and see if it belongs to any "special" cars and see if a owner would want it to make his car correct.

advice from my uncle.. never toss a old "small displacment block" untill you sure its worthless.

where do you live? might be intrested if i cant finde a good SB
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