Re: 440 swaps

[Dennis J <djohn14296@xxxxxxxxx>]

The answer to your question is no, not without (I believe)a change in
the register journal???? I believe I read where the shift on the
newer transmissions are different, I'll see if I can find the
article?
Dennis

--- Don Dulmage <big-d@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> 
> Early Mopars from 57 or 58 on came with B series motors. first was
> the 350 (HELLO!!!!) then the 361 then there was an RB 383 and a B
> 383 (diffferent strokes for different folks) so it should be easy.
> me i would forget the later cars and buy the 56 wagon. With a
> OrRstyle 440 you could give the Nomad guys heart failure. 
> many moons ago when i was younger I used to go to Georgetown
> Dragway near Toronto. Therewas a felow there running a 56  Ply and
> it would leave with a short wheelie and run high 12s. I asked him
> aboutit and he told me he had bougt a new first generation GTX. In
> a moment of bad judgement he went for a blast while under the
> influence and wrote the almost new GTX off. since he was drinking
> the insurance told him to get stuffed (they can do that here if you
> were underthe influence) so he took his wrecked GTX and swapped the
> complete Drivetrain untouched into his former car the 56 Ply 2 dr ,
> the 440 , the  4 speed and 4,10 Dana. Later I met another fellow
> who had seen it and was doing an automatic car.The chevy guys were
> actually angry because they were running 13 and 14s and this dark
> green Plymouth could put them away with ease.  I thought is was a
> wonderful car. The same in a wagon would be brutal. 
> Don
> PS  Anyone know if the new 5.7 Hemi can be bolted to a 904 or 727?
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