I thought stage 1's were 016 and 2's were 017 i thought i seen someone posted a 017 block a while back! Are 016's stage 2 or 1?
Weber's has a casting # chart and its shows 016 as a stg1 and 017 as a stg2.
All Off center 4.1 blocks are machined from the same 25500016 casting whether Stage I or Stage II. Here's a link to an original GM brochure which lists the P/N's for Stage I and Stage II blocks. This is where I think the confusion originally came from.
There are actually some pictures in the archives on GNTType.org. that show an engine Billy Anderson built stating it's on 017 Off center block. I've owned quite a few 4.1 Stage I and II blocks over the years and I've never seen one. I'll stop short of saying they don't exist but if someone has a block with an 017 casting # I'd like to see it.
I chatted with Don a month back and he was supposed to dig the block out and give me all the details because he could not recall exactly what it was but I never heard back from him.