<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Jon, <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> The blocks are essentially the same.  I believe the BJ7 block has the dipstick in the same location as all of the previous 6 cylinder engines. The BJ8 blocks have the dipstick in a slightly different location but other than that they are the same. Also the BJ8 engines don’t use a mechanical tack drive.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jun 24, 2024, at 3:43 PM, Jonathan Einhorn <<a href="mailto:einhornlawoffice@gmail.com" class="">einhornlawoffice@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class=""><div dir="auto" class="">I’m building a new engine for my BJ8 racecar and I have a rebuilt BJ7 block in my garage. Does anyone know the BJ8 block and the BJ7 block are the same? I don’t know yet if I’ll use a stock head or a Denis Welch aluminum head, which was in the racecar previously .</div><div dir="auto" class="">Thanks</div><div dir="auto" class="">Jon<br clear="all" class=""><br clear="all" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Jonathan J. Einhorn, Esq.<br class="">Attorney & Counselor at Law<br class="">129 Whitney Avenue<br class="">New Haven, CT. 06510<br class="">tel: 203-777-3777<br class=""><a href="mailto:einhornlawoffice@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">einhornlawoffice@gmail.com</a><br class="">fax: 203-782-1721<br class="">cell: 203-623-7373</div></div></div>
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