this engine came from duncan watts probably 10+ years ago, he said it was in a running 70's barracuda. we fitted a comp' thumper cam kit, new double roller timing set and my mate bolted it into the 66 fury he bought from me. last year, maybe the year before he spun a bearing (low on oil
) and it's sat in bits since.a couple of months back i mentioned a 383/727 for sale on here to ash' to replace the current chevy he had and that it'd stroke to 496 cu in. he'd planned a 383 stroker for the 350 but if big's good then bigger's better right? the 383 mopar came as a runner from chris (witorque on here) so ashley being greedy spoke to him and swapped the stripped 440 for the complete 383, win win. kerry gets a running engine for his fury and ash' gets a 440 to build an even bigger stroker
it'll be a slow process as ash must save to get the bits needed from 440 source so i suggested we get the stock crank' reground and reassemble the engine as is. at least he gets to use it sooner and we can get all the mounts, fenderwell headers etc etc sorted.
more as it's done..... if you're interested.
neil.
