RE: 413 block casting / serial number decode help

[sean dietz <dietz_diggler@xxxxxxxxx>]

EDIT: mopar.com should have been mymopar.com sorry
about any confusion.  Sean Dietz

--- sean dietz <dietz_diggler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> In 1962 the max wedge used a block casting number
> 1852029. This was a truck block that was stronger
> than
> the passenger car casting, number 2120529. I have
> never compared the two casting number blocks side by
> side but I have been told the truck blocks were
> thicker casting making them a stronger block. The
> other thing I hear all the time is the 029 blocks
> were
> higher in nickel content adding strength. Original
> max
> wedge blocks will have a machined notch at the top
> of
> the cylinder bores on the exhaust valve side to
> accommodate the larger 1.88 exhaust valve. Without
> this notch, the valve would hit the block. Original
> max wedge blocks use two different size punch sets
> for
> stamping the identification numbers on the engine
> pad.
> The fonts are different for the punches as well as
> the
> abbreviations for engine size and performance level
> are different from regular passenger car engines of
> the same cubic inch. 
> 
> this info was copied and pasted, i got it from
> maxwedge.com, i got curious when i looked up your
> block # 1852029 and came up w/ a 426 reference
> instead
> of 413 on mopar.com. dont know if this will confuse
> matters more, but i'm going to look into it some
> more
> for you. send me an im. do you have dished
> pistons???
> or flat? anyways keep us updated. Sean Dietz
> --- Brian Schlump <jsbs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > I believe that the 516 heads were also used on 413
> &
> > 426 street wedge 
> > engines in 1964.
> > 
> > 
> > Brian Safford wrote:
> > > 
> > > Thanks to Jim Jablonski, I now own a 1962 413
> that
> > I plan to 'freshen'
> > > and install in my 1962 Dart 440 4-door.
> > > 
> > > I'm perplexed, however, that the block casting
> > number of 1852029,
> > > which indicates it to be a 1962 413 block, has
> 'V
> > 41' stamped on the
> > > pad at the left front of the engine.  I think
> the
> > 'V' means it was
> > > stamped in 1964.  Was it uncommon for 2 years to
> > pass between the
> > > casting of the block and the installation in a
> > car?
> > > 
> > > Also, the head casting number is 2406516-2 ...
> my
> > Mopar book says that
> > > would make it a  1964-67 361-383 head.
> > > 
> > > Stay tuned for more questions as I dig into my
> new
> > project!  And
> > > thanks in advance for all the great help I'm
> sure
> > I'll receive from
> > > you folks!
> > > 
> > > Brian Safford
> > > '62 Dart 440 4-door / poly 318 / max wedge?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > '64 Belvedere
> > Davenport, Iowa
> > 
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> > is that little 
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> > 
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