I met someone last week who bought an Imperial that had been switched from a
440 to a 400. It was after that that I started really paying attention to this
thread. He sounded like he wanted to find a 440 to put back into it. The car
seemed to run fine and it looked pretty normal under the hood, but he wasn't
seemingly happy with what he had, even though he bought it that way. It sounds
like this is one of those personal choices that people need to make.
After reading all of this, I think that the best advice to anyone who asks for
it would be to rebuild and keep the original, or the original type engine in
the car. It sounds like it would be cheaper to replace an older engine with a
newer, more modern one, but when it comes time for resale, this doesn't appear
to be an asset.
Anyone who already has, or wants to do this, may as well do what they want and
enjoy, after all it's their car. There certainly doesn't seem to be any
shortage of pros, cons, or opinions about it.
Paul
In a message dated 12/23/2003 8:40:21 PM Eastern Standard Time,
1roscoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
>
> The only "deal" for us is that with 200,000 + miles on our 413 we know it
> needs a rebuild, and no doubt an overbore. We are just checking our options
> for pistons. Since it appears that we would pay a serious premium for light
> weight/original compression pistons, it "sounds" like the most affordable
> option at this point would be to sleeve the engine back to stock bore and
> reuse the original ones. Just hope the skirts are not collapsed.
>
> Exchange it for a 400?? Not in our lifetime! :o)
>
> Bill & Tami Roddick
> Port Orchard, WA
> 1964 Imperial Crown 4 DR HT
> 1972 'Cuda 340 (Tami's Toy)
> 1988 Cherokee Laredo
> 1995 Concorde
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <RandalPark@xxxxxxx>
> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 3:51 PM
> Subject: Re: IML: 413 vs 400 engine swap-Why?
>
>
> > 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
>
>
>
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