Here you go, guys - 440 Hemi http://www.carcraft.com/techfaq/ccrp_0809_building_hemi_for_less/index.html --- On Tue, 11/23/10, Jeff <chargr1969@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Jeff <chargr1969@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: 440 hemi ( was Re: Hemi info for display) > To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx > Date: Tuesday, November 23, 2010, 1:13 AM > DJ, years ago i read an article in > mopar muscle or some other magazine about making your 440 > into a hemi. they showed the heads to bolt on. to make a > hemi i know you would have to put pistons in to accept the > valves in the hemi head since it is not a flat piston, it > has to be a, well you know what hemi pistons look like. > anyway i have the magazine here somewhere but where it is? > it is possible. but like i said it would be really > expensive. if i could find the magazine i would love to > share it. either way, the car the guy is looking at does NOT > have a 440 hemi in it. jeff > > > > > > > > > > > > --- On Mon, 11/22/10, Dennis J. <djohn14296@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > From: Dennis J. <djohn14296@xxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: Re: 440 hemi ( was Re: Hemi info for > display) > > To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx > > Date: Monday, November 22, 2010, 6:01 AM > > Jeff, > > Not to disagree with you on your statement, but you > know Ma > > Mopar, never say never..... If I'm not mistaken, the > Hemi > > heads where attached to a 440 block, when the 1st 426 > was > > made and a different crank was put in it. > > And you can get a new Hemi power plant, though some > will > > disagree that the new (Gen III) is not a true Hemi, as > a 440 > > Hemi, 6.1 with a different crank. jm2cw > > DJ > > > > --- On <B>Mon, 11/22/10, Jeff <I><chargr1969@xxxxxxxxx></I></B> > > wrote: > > > > <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px > > solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"> > > From: Jeff <chargr1969@xxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: Re: 440 hemi ( was Re: Hemi info for > display) > > To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx > > Date: Monday, November 22, 2010, 12:28 AM > > > > > > <DIV class=plainMail>no way it is a 440 hemi. > there > > was never a 440 hemi made. Gary is right, should be > either a > > 318 or 360. to have a 440 hemi, you have to buy > special > > heads to make your 440 a hemi, very expensive. > > > jeff > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> > > > > > > > >