Re: 400 or 440

[Bill Watson <wwatson5@xxxxxxxxx>]

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A block cast in July, 1971 would most definitely be used in a 1972 model.
The blocks are cast three or four months before being installed in a car.
They are usually stockpiled before assembly begins.

You can tell the model year of the engine by the engine number (ledt side,
rear of block) which gives the day the engine was assembled, or the partial
VIN on the block (right side, just above the oil pan to the rear of the
engine mount.) which is for the car the engine was originally installed..

Bill
Vancouver, BC


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert neal zimmerman" <northwestweirdo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2004 10:25 PM
Subject: Re: 400 or 440




Mine was cast in July 1971, but i wonder if it was stuck in an early 72
car because the guy called  it  a 72 block, I was elated when I found out
that the date was July 1971. He also seemed to know enough about Mopar ,
that he would know about the dates on blocks.
   As to the cold weather thing, my book, by Chuck Senatore is unclear,
   he makes it sound like all blocks between april and october 1971 were
   cold weather blocks in addition to being thick wall blocks which seems
   hard to believe . He mentioned that the cold weather blocks had larger
   than normal numbers cast on them. I dont know, I'll probably never
   know.
    I understand there was a 440 cold weather block too, but he  (
    Senatore) said in all his time he had only seen one.
   As a final note he also refers to them as industrial blocks as well as
   cold weather blocks.
    I'm sure it doesnt matter cold weather or not, I'm sure the 71 block
    is plenty stout, as is the 72, which  I have also found , a complete
    running one.
    Neal Zimmerman, Eugene oregon


On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 23:08:52 EDT, Joeydahook9@xxxxxxx said:
>
>
> The info I have on the thick web "230" 400 blocks is that they were cast
> between 040471 and 101071.  Got that out of a Mopar engine build book.
> Don't know
> how accurate it is.  Mine was cast in August, 1971 and has heavy main
> webbing.  Joe
>

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