I guess that I just don't get it. Why would someone change from the 413 to the
400 in an old Imperial? I have been following the thread and all of the stuff
about interchanging pistons, etc. So far I haven't seen anything that would
tell me why someone would want to do this in the first place. Is it more
economical? Parts availability couldn't be it since as far as I know there
isn't anything easier than an old 413 to get parts for. What's the deal?
Paul
In a message dated 12/23/2003 3:49:23 PM Eastern Standard Time,
fristpenny@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
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> Since the 413 and 440 are both RB engines they will look the same, but I
> don't think it's fair to bash the 400. It was generally a smogger motor. The
> compression was down and they were not treated as a performance piece. If
> you're doing the rebuild anyway there won't be much difference over 13
> cubes. If you're not rebuilding, you're doing it on the cheap and use what
> you've got. 400s are currently the rage for muscle car guys want to build
> hi-po stroker engines. So I wouldn't discount the potential.
>
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