[Excaliber]

Say WHAT? It is ludicrous to suggest a 427 SIDE OILER block, and thats really what were talking about here, was designed for "270 horse power". Heck the CENTER oiler was available with 425 horse from the FACTORY! The Comp Cobras were certainly pushing 500 or more and LIVED!

The design is a solid piece of work, steel short stroke crank, big bore, cross bolts. There is talk of 'oiling problems' associated with the side oiler, BS I say! Sure NASCAR made modifications to the bottom end. Hey wait a minute, you think they run a STOCK freakin' modern block TODAY without serious modifications as well? Duh!

VERY few side oilers today are built to original specs. There often stroked, for instance, often with a 428 crank which is NOT as strong as the original design. Center oilers are known to have a 'high rpm' problem with the BLOCK, not so the side oiler. Block failures of side oiler are incredibly rare, it is the ASSEMBLY of the engine that makes the difference, ANY engine, old or new.