Open up my 400 B block today...

The difference could be this is rebuilt?
(EDIT... Not at TDC by 2*’s.)
It’s very clean in here. First big block I opened up. Are they normally like this clean? The 452 heads are clean as well. 2/08/1.74 valves. IIRC, that’s the size.
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I've only seen 1 of my big blocks being dirty in the valley. It was a high mile 440 r/v engine with a rusted out valley pan from a junk yard. Usually if they're just cracked open there's metallic paste stuff sitting near the lifters, so my guess is its most likely been refreshed. Pistons look like factory, & that's the ridge causing the measurements definitely