BillGrissom said

Usually the block is OK. I understand that drag racer teams purposely leave a new block out in the elements to age for a year (cast-iron relaxes or such), then final machine it. But entire slant engines are so cheap or free, no need to fool with it.

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JoeSBP said

I’ve heard the myths about finding Hemi’s buried in the ground for that reason

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