383 440 swap. Same flywheel?

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gregpurcell said

I realize that this post is 6 months old, but A STEEL CRANK FROM A 66-72 440 WILL BOLT DIRECTLY INTO YOUR LATER BLOCK!!! There are aftermarket steel cranks that will too! THEN your 383 flywheel will fit with no mods. You use the older harmonic balancer and it's all internally balanced just like the 67-72 motors.. You won't have to waste time or lop the end off an expensive 4 speed transmission!

What you are doing is trying to put a SADDLE on a COW! If you engineer it long enough, you MAY get it on..you MAY even get to RIDE it..BUT IT AIN'T THE RIGHT THING TO DO!!!

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Damn, Greg.
I cut and pasted before reading what you wrote. OK to be late. You can't keep up with everything we dummies put on this board. We have lives, right? And hail storms have happened to me.
My transmission has already been sort of "lopped". So that's not an issue. And IF the engine doesn't leak........but I'd have to put it in and run it to find out. And that's time wasted.
Ok, so I need source, price and a person to put a new crank if that is what I do. One that I can trust since I don't have the time, space or equipment to do it "right" the first time.
I checked a few months ago and it looks like forged aftermarket cranks are almost a grand. So I ruled it out then. Is that right?
Not real cheap, but not an arm and leg either.
But now maybe I could try it if there are suggestions.
Good, trustworthy (mopar) machine shops are what I'm looking for in the west Georgia area then.
But I might go as far as Savannah (smile) or Alabama would be good.

MOOOOOOOO.