283 Nova Block Questions

[Dwight Southerland]

Originally Posted by Jim Parsons

Vic,Another give away for these blocks is the fully machined main bearing web and obviously small journal size.

Jim Parsons

There were other small journal blocks from the '67-'68 era that were obivously forerunners to the large journal blocks that are identified by fully machined main webs, the longer main cap bolts like the large journal blocks used, high nickel content, and main caps with more mass.