Aww, sorry my friend. That sucks. Just stick around this forum and a 409 will turn up. Maybe in them thar hills of North Carolina? Good luck.
See, these guys are awesome! Thank you Mr.Paul. Hope it works great for you Mr. SS409.Paul, sent you a PM, I got your email, thanks. Send me another email in regards to the block,or shoot me a PM on here
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409 = larger bore = larger valves = more air/fuel = more power.
348 = smaller bore = smaller valves = less air/fuel = less power.
Simple. Build for what you are going to use it for. You want to race then use a six cylinder with no posi and have fun. You want to win then sell your house and live in the race car. You want to do both... so do the rest of us.
Got ya, and yes I got the speed costs $$$, how fast do you want to go scenario, what it always boils down to is the $$. The realness of it was that the 409 I had lined up and WAS going to be getting was only $300.00 for the long block.409 = larger bore = larger valves = more air/fuel = more power.
348 = smaller bore = smaller valves = less air/fuel = less power.