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Old 01-02-2008, 11:13 AM
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olds48
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The only difference I know of between a 9.8 or tall deck block is,on my 496 I used the short deck,which put my wrist pin right thru my oil control ring.That was with a 6.385" rod. Tall deck you can avoid that,I believe.Doesn't hurt anything at all.
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