500 vs 512 from 400ci

Dzien dobry Mizny,

Aluminum 2 bolt caps is the easiest solution I believe?
All 4 bolt caps need a huge amount of machining work to fit...

We have done several stroker motors here in the UK with the 400 and 440 blocks.
Due to excessive 'cap-walk' we converted them with program engineering 4 bolt caps!

The 230 casting is without a doubt the BEST of the stock blocks.
Shorter stroke is always better with longer skirts.

The short skirt engines that we have run on the street with 'pump' gas have all had skirt failures!
Lower compression with shorter stroke is a must for a street engine for me!

I run a 512ci 440-block now with Edelbrock heads on pump gas and she is SWEET!

The best I engine I ever had was a 230 block with a 547 stroker that made 900hp on pump gas!
My 'avatar car' was fastest Euro street car with 8.3o @ 178mph back in the 90's...

Blocks don't last long with over 1000hp lol...

Best wishes from England

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Wow for some reason I never got any notification about your response.
Very cool story with 8.30s car in the 90s. Back then it took much more skill to do that!
We are now totally spoiled with parts avilability.
My new engine didnt happen yet and its all becasue of people asking me to build stuff for them but I didnt give up and will move forward soon. In the mean time I put 300 shot on my 470 and killed my transmission. I actually reached my goal of 1100hp like that, but this is pushing it. Already have all the jewlery to build bulletproof 727 but time is not on my side.
I will be building 500ci with 6.760 rod soon, hopefully early next year.

All the best from Poland.