BBC

[Jim Davies]

On Thu, 8 Oct 1998, Sandy Ganz wrote:

> I have an old Aluminum BBC in my cobra project, it looks like a varient
> from the Chevy molds, not a vintage (early 80's), but I had heard that
> someone was doing them after chevy gave up on the racing but not really
> sure on the history. It's not a donovan, they have a REALLY nice block, now
> up to 700Ci in a super high deck block (raised cam too). If anyone know of
> how to tell who made this block let me know! It has no marks or numbers as

IIRC, Reynolds did all the Chevy Aluminum blocks, both small and large for
GM.

More Hog Block trivia: the 396/427 connecting rod was the same forging as
a 409 rod, they simply changed the center to center distance a bit [cant
remember how much]