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Originally Posted by turboEKhatch
The 289 has shorter stroke than the 302's which can pull the piston out of the bottom of the bore at BDC. It'll work, but it will probably wear the skirts much worse than with a 302 block. Unless you want a numbers matching car (which I assume isn't a big deal, considering a 65 coupe with a 289 isn't an exactly rare car) I would go to a junkyard and pickup a 302 block to start from there.
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i think thats what you meant...