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  • Title: Bills 389 Tri Power
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Bills 389 Tri Power

  • You can see that this is a 389 Motor just by the two freeze plug holes in the side of the block. Of course the 421 had them also but I left that block on the shelf.

    • You can see that this is a 389 Motor just by the two freeze…
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  • The heads were Surfaced, the block was Square Decked, Align Honed, Shake and Baked and hot tanked. Once done with that she was given the ok to machine.

    • The heads were Surfaced, the block was Square Decked, Align…
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  • It is important to make sure you have a crack free block before you begin to spend money and time on the machining process. I had lots of things to do on this block.

    • It is important to make sure you have a crack free block bef…
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  • This block suffered from some piss poor machine shop damage. The Main Line was out .002 on one end. The Deck Surfaces were pitted and rust damaged. The caps did not sit flush on the block.

    • This block suffered from some piss poor machine shop damage.…
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  • I was almost scared to the point of pulling the main cap alignment dowells and putting a light cut on the bottom of the block to clean up the surface.

    • I was almost scared to the point of pulling the main cap ali…
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  • If the cap cut had not fixed the problem with the caps I would of had to face the bottom side of the block. That would of made the use of the Milodon Gear Drive an absolute. Fortunately in this case it all came together and I was able to use the Doub...

    • If the cap cut had not fixed the problem with the caps I wou…
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  • Here are all the important number that you need. You will notice that the most important Oil Galley plug has been removed. I then tap the hole to further clean up the area surrounding this plug. There is usually tons of grit behind it.

    • Here are all the important number that you need. You will n…
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  • This little Cast Iron Gem is gonna make a real street screamer. I like taking a near stock 389 and optimizing every part of the engine. When you are done you have a 99% Race engine that runs like granny's ride.

    • This little Cast Iron Gem is gonna make a real street scream…
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  • This block had minimual core shift. Nice parting lines. Great surfaces on the Freeze Plug Holes. This is needed to keep the freeze plug seapage down to a minimum.

    • This block had minimual core shift. Nice parting lines. Gr…
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