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No. I have a set of Bob Wallas raised port heads and Carl said he dont make anything for the raised ports. And the class i want to run the intake has to look like a cast manifold. No sheetmetal intake.

The motor it is being fabricated for is all aluminum 430ci and we r gonna turn it pretty hard 8500 rpm. The class im planning on running is a weight per cubic inch class and the car is pretty light. 2300 with me in it.

Got a Email back from Ralph Ridgeway today. He confirmed what i thought. There were No 409 Ridge Runner tunnel rams ever produced. Only sbc and bbc.

A Ridge Runner for a 409? A buddy of mine talked to Ralph Ridgeway and im pretty sure he said he only produced these for sbc and bbc. He said bbc 1s r pretty rare that he only cast 100 of them.

None were ever made for a 409. This is my car and the tunnel ram is a bbc manifold modified to work on a 409.

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What makes a truck block worth more money? I have always heard car blocks are more desirable than the truck blocks.

Im located in Beloit Wi right on the IL WI border.

Hey guys i have a 409 car block i am looking to sell. My question is what should one ask for a good block? I realize condition will affect the price. The block i have has been cleaned and maged. Checked out great with NO cracks. It will need to be bored .040 over. Want your guys opinions on what...