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Originally Posted by lippy
(2) I have an option to buy from a very reputable seller a newly completed engine built by a top builder. It is an original and previously unbored 427/454 SO with Shelby heads, a steel crank, and a sidewinder intake. I don't have the details on all of the other components but I will get them soon. Power is likely 500/500. Lets assume the cost and quality of the build is the same as (1).
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Lippy, with that build, unless I saw a receipt or some sort of proof, I'd bet that the crank in that engine is a factory 428 crank. Which means that it isn't steel, it's cast. I say that because 454 is what you get when a 427 block is married to a 428 crank. If it is some high zoot aftermarket stroker crank, why did they only stroke it that far? To take it all the way out to 482 with the same type aftermarket parts wouldn't cost any more.
With that in mind, build #1 would be far superior to #2 in quite a few ways. I'd call it a no brainer.