What's the going rate for a decent 440 or 383 motor

[Hearserider67]

What should I expect to pay for a 440 or 383 motor that would need a rebuild ?
Anybody got one of these ....? Cheers Ian

[Pete]

The Killer question here is "How do you know the engine is rebuildable without stripping and measuring it?"

Buyer beware, you end up taking a punt in many cases.

I bought a 454 BBC a while back - "Rebuilt" - I stripped it and the Bores were worn and all the Bearings down to the copper.
I am sure that would have run just right!

Had new (cheap) Head Gaskets though - work that one out!!

[Hearserider67]

Thanks Pete , buyer beware indeed, I watched a youtoob video where someone sold a 383 motor as running and complete and it had timing chain and other internals removed !
Very unscrupulous people about these days more than ever .
Ian

[Dave999]

well the days for £1 per cubic inch seem to be gone... if ebay is anything t go by...

late 360 here for £700 delivered seems seems steep given the owners appraisal...but there is another reason it has sat there for a while. RISK

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DODGE-360-V8 ... SwlfFdghBY

so if a 360 is £625 a 400 440 or 383 will potentially be more, based on nothing but cubic inches, anything less may be more decrepit or in BITS which should be seen as a good thing

you can measure what you buy before you buy it.


don't discount a 400 out of a motor home. not a performance engine by any stretch, its built to LUG a motor home, but its big and in some cases the block is a good basis for better things.....

issued in police vehicles as well

they came out at the point where they changed from gross to net hp rating, 1970s and often had a 2bbl carb hence on paper they looked like a truck engine rather than what they were.... a 383 with a bigger bore, cast into the block by design (not bored)... hence a level of under appreciation

Dave

[Trigger_Andy]

I just sold a 360 block for £350. If the engine was complete it would be £700. I see 318's selling for £700-1000 all the time. Madness!

The last 340 (1968) I bought was £1000, but it had a noise and it was a gamble, looks like I got lucky though, DaveB had a quick check over and it looks like lifters and push-rods.

My other 340 I bought (1973) was also £1000.

383's seem to be almost given away these last few years.

440's are regularly on ebay for about £1000-£1500, mostly ripped outta motorhomes etc.

[Hearserider67]

Thanks for the replies Dave and Andy..
I know it's probably sacrilegious on here but I could get a decent 351 ford motor from a Mustang cheaper than these mopar motors !
Thanks Ian

[ScottyDave]

[Hearserider67]

[Pete]

I know it's probably sacrilegious on here but I could get a decent 351 ford motor from a Mustang cheaper than these mopar motors !
Thanks Ian

Wash your mouth out and have a good word with yourself!!!

That is because they probably produced 20 times the number of Fraud engines....

[Hearserider67]

Sorry Pete , will go and get the carbollock soap outta the mortuary

[Pete]