440cid LA

I never read the list cuv it came from a ford site and there are lots of factors to concider but I was only drawing a comparison on the most basic level which is bore/stroke =rod ratio and 1.5 is concidered barely acceptable on the low side.

Short Rod -- Min Rod/Stroke Ratio -- 1.60 Max Rod/Stroke Ratio -- 1.80

Long Rod -- Min Rod/Stroke Ratio -- 1.81 Max Rod/Stroke Ratio -- 2.00

Any ratio's exceeding these boundaries are at this moment labeled "design screw-ups" and not worth considering until valid data supports it.
Jerry Stahl - Stahl Headers

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read this http://sybertek.us/archive/engines/rod_length.htm