Before I make a mistake please help new mopar fan!!

I have heard that a low-deck B-motor with an aluminum intake, water pump & housing,
cylinder heads and steel tube headers is lighter than a fully dressed 273-360 with cast
iron exhaust manifolds and that a 426 Hemi similarly equipped weighs only 17 lbs more
than the all-iron small block.

My brother Denny ordered 440 Dart torsion bars for the first Hemi Duster he built (cast
iron block; aluminum everything else) and it was WAY too stiff. Ended up with 318 bars
in it and it was great.

Of course, if you are not going to buy the aluminum trinkets, it will be heavier, but my
other brother's all cast iron 440 Duster handles fine and has exhibited no obvious "heavy
front end tendancies" in over 60,000 miles of street driving (and he's got 318 bars in it).

A low deck 383/400 is an especially easy swap with TTI headers and Schumacker mounts
but will require a big block replacement radiator and a big block trans (auto) due to the
different bellhousing bolt pattern.