Re: 426 SW

[Dave64 <lt7dave@xxxxxxxxx>]

That's pretty neat.  You just never know with Ma Mopar, do you.  Maybe they needed a block and just used a mw block because it was available that day.  Makes you wonder if there are other sw cars out there with the same thing.

--- On Fri, 12/31/10, ron nieminen <reniemin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: ron nieminen <reniemin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: 426 SW
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Friday, December 31, 2010, 1:56 AM
> 
> The engine had not been apart till I got it.   
>   I knew both of the former 
> owners and the history of the engine.     
>     It's on an engine stand with 
> the heads off and it has flat top std bore pistons. 
>         The heads were 
> not mw.         Maybe
> something Chrysler did on the assy line?
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dave64" <lt7dave@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 10:30 PM
> Subject: Re: 426 SW
> 
> 
> Ron - I would say you have a mw block there.  I think
> the valve reliefs are 
> the only difference between the mw and sw blocks.  Of
> course, the assembled 
> mw engines had higher compression pistons, etc...  But
> the blocks are 
> probably the same other than the reliefs.  Could be
> possible that someone 
> put them in there after the fact?
> 
> Dave
> 
> --- On Thu, 12/30/10, Roger Pettigrew <dodger7998@xxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: Roger Pettigrew <dodger7998@xxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Re: 426 SW
> > To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Thursday, December 30, 2010, 11:24 PM
> >
> >
> > Hmmm,,,,,,,,,, I have had two street wedge's and
> neither of
> > them had the
> > reliefs cut in the block, as well as the 383's (both
> > engines have the same
> > bore) that I have had,,,,,,,, there was no reason for
> it,
> > as the street
> > wedge never had the heads that needed the extra notch
> for
> > the valves
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 12/30/2010 11:17:46 P.M. Central
> > Standard Time,
> > reniemin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > writes:
> >
> >
> > I have a 426 SW that has the valve reliefs.
> > It's a 10/63 date block
> > and
> > I knew the fellow that originaly owned the 64 Sport
> fury
> > it came in.
> > I had the joy of riding in the car when he first got
> > it. He and the car
> > are long gone now.
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Dave64" <lt7dave@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 11:29 AM
> > Subject: Re: 426 SW
> >
> >
> > Thanks, Don. I think 426 MW has the reliefs
> > too, from what I've read -
> > just
> > trying to verify, though. I would think folks
> > who sell the new repro
> > heads
> > would know the answer. I'm a long way away from
> > any of this, but I find
> > 1/2
> > the fun of our cars is thinking and dreaming about
> > the path out in front.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > --- On Thu, 12/30/10, Donald Gallimore <dongallimore@xxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > From: Donald Gallimore <dongallimore@xxxxxxx>
> > > Subject: Re: 426 SW
> > > To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> > > Date: Thursday, December 30, 2010, 11:37 AM
> > >
> > > Yes on the crank. Don't know that you can just
> > throw
> > > on the main bearing caps -
> > > may need to do an align bore.
> > >
> > > I know they notched the bores on 413MW, not so
> > sure that
> > > was needed on a 426MW
> > > block which is .070 larger bore.
> > >
> > >
> > > Akron Don Gallimore
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message ----
> > > > From: Dave64 <lt7dave@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Sent: Thu, December 30, 2010 11:49:33 AM
> > > > Subject: Re: 426 SW
> > > >
> > > > Edit: I meant to say main bearing caps.
> > > >
> > > > --- On Thu, 12/30/10, Dave64 <lt7dave@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > From: Dave64 <lt7dave@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > Subject: 426 SW
> > > > > To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > Date: Thursday, December 30, 2010,
> > 10:46
> > > AM
> > > > >
> > > > > Will a 440 crank and main bearing caps
> > work
> > > with a 426 SW
> > > > > block? I think the answer is yes
> > > because the 413, 426,
> > > > > and 440 RB blocks are the same other
> > than
> > > the cylinder bore
> > > > > size - right? I know more than one of
> you
> > > will know
> > > > > the definite answer.
> > > > >
> > > > > For a bonus question, does anyone know
> > if
> > > the newly repro
> > > > > max wedge heads work on a 426 SW
> > block, or
> > > won't they
> > > > > because the SW block doesn't have the
> valve
> > > reliefs in the
> > > > > deck like a max wedge block does?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks in advance.
> > > > >
> > > > > Dave
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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