Brainstormin' 440 vs 5.9 ...

Garrett Ellison said

It’s a shame someone doesn’t make an inexpensive drop in (balanced to stock LY rods and 1.922 C.H.pistons) 4.05 inch 440 crank. Moving the piston up a little over an eighth inch in the bore (not to mention 35 extra cubes) would make the smog and motorhome 440’s all over marketplace a lot more attractive.

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If I remember right.....
The heads on those 7.4 pistons are thicker than ****.
So.... throw a 4.150 crank in it, whack .050 or so off the pistons (whatever zero -decks em) and fly it!.
Dirt cheap 500, with 11 to 1. (Or whatever, depending on how much you cut the pistons, head gasket thickness, and head used. Could be 9 to1, or 12!)