276 Over Bore Newbi Question

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276 Over Bore Newbi Question

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I have read articles stating that the 276 Desoto blocks are “thick” and 0.090” is no problem with over-boring cyclinders. My question is I have a nice gouge in one of my cylinders from the previous owner disassembling it. ( .060 – 0.70 could remove it) BUT if .90 is “no problem” is there any noted problems of having the block bored to the standard 3.720 of the 291 block 0.095 ???. If stroke and everything else is the same as the 276 block.

PS Just a note I have had sets of plates water-jetted to make “log intakes” for the 276-291 at this time it is for the 4, 6 Holly 1-bbl and 4,3 Rochester 2 bbl (due to cost of 97's ect) Guess if its not out there It needs to be built.
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Re: 276 Over Bore Newbi Question

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Best answer I can give you is have it sonic checked, and then you'll know for sure. Every block is different and yours could have core shift. For the money it costs to rebuild these early hemis, the cost of a sonic check is cheap peace of mind!
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Re: 276 Over Bore Newbi Question

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How deep, how long, how wide, and how far down the wall is the gouge?
If it's below the lowest point of oil ring travel @ BDC ignore it.
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Re: 276 Over Bore Newbi Question

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It looks like he "dragged" the rod out so the gouge is from about an 1" = 1.5" from the bottom, all the way out the top....... Fun Fun
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Re: 276 Over Bore Newbi Question

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It depends on the casting. The earlier ones may be a little thinner due to water jacket mold changes as the years progressed but you can't tell without sonic checking it. When you bore a motor .090" over you're really just taking .045" of actual material off the walls. That's why alot of people don't see it as a really big deal but I'd only do that to a motor with .200"+ walls to start with. Alot of early small bore hemis can take .120". I'll be sonic testing a 291 soon. I'll let you know how that comes out.
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Re: 276 Over Bore Newbi Question

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YOU CAN HAVE THE BLOCK SLEEVED, INFACT YOU CAN BRING THE BLOCK BACK TO STANDARD BORE, OR ANY SIZE YOU WOULD LIKE.

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Re: 276 Over Bore Newbi Question

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If the sonic check shows you can't go bigger, just sleeve the one cylender to what the others would be, not that expensive to do 1.
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Re: 276 Over Bore Newbi Question

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I agree - do the one. There's a break-even point that somehow doesn't appear in many of these conversations: "what's the cost of replacing the block vs. how many sleeves?"
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Re: 276 Over Bore Newbi Question

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Well the answer I have been waiting for ------ IT is now a 291 The thinest spot is the size of a dime and thats .204" thick. I was told that on pump gas I will not have a problem. So there Ya have it. (I was told not all blocks are that thick ) so DO NOT take this as a baseline for all other blocks. Thanks for all the input.
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Re: 276 Over Bore Newbi Question

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That's better than most of the blocks used for racing. You're gonna be fine even if you need to go another .060" beyond 3.72".
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