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Will my block crack?

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eightyfour

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I have heard that 84 blocks crack. Now I'm all paranoid and I'm wondering if I should go through with my heads and cam swap (Thumpers and XE262H). I really don't have the bones to throw down on an FMS shortblock and E-cam, then have some dude pull and swap everything. That will be crazy expensive. Should I just cross my fingers and do my heads and cam swap? What should I do?
 

Mike86Stang

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it's typical for production 5.0 engine blocks to crack around the 500hp mark but you won't even be close I wouldn't even give it a second thought
 

TIMMY2734

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you seem a little too optimistic for your combo. Theres really no need to worry, unless your not tellin us about the 200 shot that you also have planned
 
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