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Jul 23, 2014 | 08:00 PM

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krooser

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Originally Posted by AberrantGenus

Yeah. 4.59 is almost an inch bigger. He did say it was a blue printed engine. But I wasn't sure because he didn't have any documentation. But now it looks as though he may be right. It doesn't have any more "exceptional" power or torque than another stock 460 so I was curious. Anyway, I dont know how to test displacement to get the true size. I am going to assume it was bored also. I would like to know why they used stock 460 heads if they bored and stroked it.

Not everyone is on the aluminum aftermarket head bandwagon. Nothing wrong with using Ford iron heads… the 460 heads may be ported but you can't tell until you start unbolting stuff to check...