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I have an old article somewhere about this factory stroked engine - you can really build them up too.
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So would it be the same weight as a 360 ?
Odd choice to shoe horn into a Demon..
Sparce # of pictures and none really of the interior. engine nor frame..
Price is interesting...
Every time I see one of these YEARS old threads pop up, it reminds me of the Easter hymn at church. "Up from the grave he arose!"
FYI- the industrial motors you can bore the snot out of and get some serious displacement out of them. IIRC< I bored one to 426 size.
See the pic of the car in my avatar? It is a 503is CI based on a 361 that came out of a 2-1/2 ton dodge flat bed truck. Runs nines.Hmmm... alternative to a 400 B engine stroker? Are the blocks beefed up in any other ways in those industrial 361s? I have read they went on for decades in buses, medium-duty trucks etc. alongside the industrial 413 RB
See the pic of the car in my avatar? It is a 503is CI based on a 361 that came out of a 2-1/2 ton dodge flat bed truck. Runs nines.
383s are a better starting point as there are many off the shelf parts (pistons), it is a big block so it's around 100 pounds heavier than a 360, 360 would be the easiest build for an a-body for sure.I am looking at this '72 Demon...but have no idea what a 361 big block is...
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Thoughts ?
383s are a better starting point as there are many off the shelf parts (pistons), it is a big block so it's around 100 pounds heavier than a 360, 360 would be the easiest build for an a-body for sure.
And also if it's a race car , the block can be filledWell, yes and no- if your 361 block is thick walled enough to do super bore job on it like mine, you can use off the shelf stuff you would get for the 383. I bought a kit that was designed actually for the 400 block and put that crank kit in the 361
It can be- but mine is completely street able and street legal and has a good cooling system. Though street cars can fill the bottom 1/4-1/2 of the block and still be streetable.And also if it's a race car , the block can be filled
What year is your block & what's you're pistons ?It can be- but mine is completely street able and street legal and has a good cooling system. Though street cars can fill the bottom 1/4-1/2 of the block and still be streetable.
What year is your block & what's you're pistons ?
You got 4.402 pistons into a 361 block, holy ****.It's been literally 20 years or more, but IIRC< it was a 1965 Dodge 2 1/2 ton fat bed. I got a kit back then, for a 400 block bored .060 over with the 440 stroked crank for the 400 block. It might have been Muscle motors? I remember having to do a small amount of grinding for some of the crank throws, IIRC, it was around the oil pick up area. I seem to recall that I drilled out the oil pick up for a larger pick up, then had to do it again when I ground the clearence for the crank throws.
I have just purchased a new crate motor to replace this one FYI.
You got 4.402 pistons into a 361 block, holy ****.
Nice. I gotta go block hunting nowWe got .110 over on a 318 industrial block once, I think it was then a 340?
Nice. I gotta go block hunting now
UndoubtedlyBasically it pays if you got a friend at a machine shop that will test blocks on the cheap.