400/450 stroker....Cheap parts, lotta work.

IQ52 said
The first 400/451 stroker that we did needed the block ground along the indicated red line at the junction of the main webbing and the bottom of cylinders 4 & 8. This being necessary to clear the modified 440 crankshaft counterweights. With this engine I have .050" of clearance from the crankshaft counterweight. If it hits with that much clearance I have some other kind of really big problems going on.

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A few years ago, I think it was you or Challenger340 that posted pictures of how and where to grind the block and crank for a 400/451. The counterweights had a 45* cut on the edges and the block was ground in the area you’re showing IIRC? His point was, a guy could do this part at home and not pay the machine shop. Does this sound right? Thanks.