We're not sure why, but most people tend to shy away when talk turns to block sleeves. The rap may go, "Yeah, it runs strong, but there's a sleeve in number 6," and somehow it seems tainted. Is there ...

A popular combination is the safer 0.060-inch overbore with a longer, 4.250-inch stroke to make a 496-inch combination. But to take the basic 454 beyond the magical 500-inch mark requires stretching ...