Re: 440 hemi ( was Re: Hemi info for display)

[Dave64 <lt7dave@xxxxxxxxx>]

Here you go, guys - 440 Hemi
http://www.carcraft.com/techfaq/ccrp_0809_building_hemi_for_less/index.html


--- On Tue, 11/23/10, Jeff <chargr1969@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Jeff <chargr1969@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: 440 hemi ( was Re: Hemi info for display)
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tuesday, November 23, 2010, 1:13 AM
> DJ, years ago i read an article in
> mopar muscle or some other magazine about making your 440
> into a hemi. they showed the heads to bolt on. to make a
> hemi i know you would have to put pistons in to accept the
> valves in the hemi head since it is not a flat piston, it
> has to be a, well you know what hemi pistons look like.
> anyway i have the magazine here somewhere but where it is?
> it is possible. but like i said it would be really
> expensive. if i could find the magazine i would love to
> share it. either way, the car the guy is looking at does NOT
> have a 440 hemi in it.     jeff
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> --- On Mon, 11/22/10, Dennis J. <djohn14296@xxxxxxxxx>
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> > From: Dennis J. <djohn14296@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Re: 440 hemi ( was Re: Hemi info for
> display)
> > To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Monday, November 22, 2010, 6:01 AM
> > Jeff, 
> > Not to disagree with you on your statement, but you
> know Ma
> > Mopar, never say never..... If I'm not mistaken, the
> Hemi
> > heads where attached to a 440 block, when the 1st 426
> was
> > made and a different crank was put in it.
> > And you can get a new Hemi power plant, though some
> will
> > disagree that the new (Gen III) is not a true Hemi, as
> a 440
> > Hemi, 6.1 with a different crank. jm2cw
> > DJ
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> > --- On <B>Mon, 11/22/10, Jeff <I><chargr1969@xxxxxxxxx></I></B>
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> > From: Jeff <chargr1969@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Re: 440 hemi ( was Re: Hemi info for
> display)
> > To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Monday, November 22, 2010, 12:28 AM
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> > <DIV class=plainMail>no way it is a 440 hemi.
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> > was never a 440 hemi made. Gary is right, should be
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> > 318 or 360. to have a 440 hemi, you have to buy
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> > heads to make your 440 a hemi, very expensive.     
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