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Old 05-18-2021, 09:24 AM
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What AG said. Patt Lobb is a big 409 guy(also owns a big Toyota dealership above Dallas in Allen). He has a conference table size blueprints of the 409 blocks and it has table for them what letter is for what bore size piston. And hence the term "fitted block" for factory blocks.

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