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Old 10-06-2009, 09:07 PM   #22 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Old Tele man View Post
...remember, GM "made" their diesel burner engines from basically stock V8 engine block assemblies...and that was why they didn't last (among other reasons).
They used the already butter-like 350 blocks. Those things aren't even close to the 300 inlines, but I see what you're saying.
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