Re: 400 or 440

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In a message dated 4/12/2004 10:44:42 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
earlh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:


> I have never seen one?? I have read that also, but I have never found
> a 400 without a cast crank. You know Chrysler, any thing is possible.
> I have a H code 440 that has a 69 date code block, and I know it is
> original, because the engine number matches the car vin that the block
> came out of. I want to know what that block was doing from 69
> to 72. Nothing surprises me anymore.
> 
> 
> > There were no 400's in 71 cars, they were all 383's. The easy way to 
> > tell if the motor is in the car is to look at the harmonic balancer. 
> > If it is thin, it is a 383, Steel crank - if it is thick, cast crank -
> 
> > 400. Bill is right, they started casting blocks in Apr of 71 for year 
> > 72 production.
> 

if a 400 was going in front of a 4-speed, then it will have a forged crank.
late 71 383's also had cast cranks in automatic cars.
the tip on balancers is correct.

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