Old Race 340 Teardown

Yes, good info. But it begs a question about my block. The "X" is cast into the driver's side bank rear (behind the flywheel) - not on the front of the right bank like described everywhere I've read. Also, there's no casting numbers on the block at all. There's only a small "4472" hand stamped near the pan rail on the right front. WTF?


It’s easy to prove if it’s an X block. The pan rails are filled on the 2,3 and 4 bulkheads. If they are filled then it’s an X block. If you are not sure what a filled rail looks like, find any other production block and compare the two. Once you know what that is, it’s easy to spot it.