Re: IML: is a 440 a 440?

[santiam oregon <santiamoregon@xxxxxxxxx>]

maybe he was thinking 430 Lincoln or 430 Buick?

 

Scary how few people know what they are talking about, but insist they do.  I recently had an acquaintence friend, who I should add has likely never even seen a chrysler/imperial hemi before, insist that my 57' had a 2 speed automatic.     We used to call such people "bench racers" when I was in high school, because they never actually had any hands-on experience with mechanix, but they sure liked to talk about it.

 

 

Todd

Portland, OR
"dansgarage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <dansgarage@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi All....I'm having some work done on one of my '66's (the LeBaron). The vehicle has about 67,000 miles and as far as I know the original 440 is still in the car. A mechanic who was
>  checking out the front-end while the car was on the lift asked me what motor was in the car and I told him that '66 was the first year for the 440 and that all the Imperials (as far as I know) came with this engine. He showed my some numbers stamped on the passenger-side of the engine block that ended with "430" and said that this means its a 430 NOT a 440 engine.......would one of the 'motor-guru's" please clear this up for me?!
> thanks a bunch all!!!
> Dan Melnik
>
>
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