440 swap for my 66
- Thread starter Reece Taylor
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Old Man with a Hat
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Old Man with a Hat
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
So Reese. . . Where are you? Did we scare you away?
I was gonna convince him a 4 spd was mandatory.
Keep the poly and learn to get it running right, it is ideally suited for a low budget college student. Reliable, economical and tough. A later 440 smog engine is going to be a dog that gets horrible fuel mileage unless you do a full rebuild with high compression pistons, a better cam and high performance exhaust. Most of the late model 440's for sale these days are recycled motor home engines that were built to push a big motor home with loads of low compression torque but little top end performance.. That late 440 will motor the car down the highway but as a college student, can you afford 8-10mpg on ever increasing fuel prices?
Putting on my old racer hat, the '65-'66 plymouths were good candidates for high horsepower conversions, tough unibody construction and relatively light weight. Save the car for a later high end performance project. Once you finish college, if you still have the urge, that will be the time to tinker with building a high horse monster.
Dave
Putting on my old racer hat, the '65-'66 plymouths were good candidates for high horsepower conversions, tough unibody construction and relatively light weight. Save the car for a later high end performance project. Once you finish college, if you still have the urge, that will be the time to tinker with building a high horse monster.
Dave
Reece Taylor
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Thank you everyone, I should have said sooner but you all talked me off the cliff about 2 weeks after i posted this. And bless uncle Tony for his bountiful knowledge.
Gerald Morris
Senior Member
BF AYMEN 2 that bro! Glad to see you're keeping that Poly in. UTG is my OTHER Main Moparian Lore repository, may St. Joe bless UT w an extended life.
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