8BA FLATHEAD FORD 3/8” X 3/8” Short Block…..296 CI …..200+HP Fresh build by Master Engine Builder Paul Hogge of Racing Parts and Machine, Baltimore, MD Super nice 8BA block..baked, shot peened, pressure tested and inspected. Lifter bores cut down (to access lifter nuts) and honed. Fully ported and port matched, Special “PH” relief job, oversized valves, hardened seats. Align honed, decked, bored and honed to 3 3/8 inch. Mercury crank, cleaned, magna-fluxed, offset ground and polished to 4 1/8 Stroke, tapped welch plugs, ARP main cap studs and center girdle, fully balanced with lightened NOS Jahns pistons, Grant rings, NOS 91A Full floating rods w/ARP nuts , NOS Johnson std. rod Bearings, Bitchin Potvin 3/8 Super cam, resurfaced original Johnson hollow adjustable lifters, oversize ss intake and exhaust valves, Isky Zephyr springs, new Offy gear set. This is a first class A1 short block assembly….Ready to bolt-up to your heads and manifold, etc… $6000 delivered within 100 miles of Galena MD 2163
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