BB newb questions
Not A body related but I wanted to come and ask here because I have always had good info from yall. Starting a new phase of my project truck got tired of the magnum 318 with a few mods and talked my dad out of his 440. I know the engine came out of a 1973 Winnebago. I will include a couple pictures of the casting numbers I have found. Looking up the rv/industrial 440's I have found so much different information as to steel crank vs cast crank, standard rods, or the same rods as the 440-6paks, the ones with the extra cooling passages vs normal and if normal heads will work on the extra passages engines. I was hoping that one of yall had some actual experience as to what i may be starting with. Most of what i have read says the 1973's across the board were 8.2:1 c/r so I know that is something I will have to work on if I want to make it into a decent running engine.
Not A body related but I wanted to come and ask here because I have always had good info from yall. Starting a new phase of my project truck got tired of the magnum 318 with a few mods and talked my dad out of his 440. I know the engine came out of a 1973 Winnebago. I will include a couple pictures of the casting numbers I have found. Looking up the rv/industrial 440's I have found so much different information as to steel crank vs cast crank, standard rods, or the same rods as the 440-6paks, the ones with the extra cooling passages vs normal and if normal heads will work on the extra passages engines. I was hoping that one of yall had some actual experience as to what i may be starting with. Most of what i have read says the 1973's across the board were 8.2:1 c/r so I know that is something I will have to work on if I want to make it into a decent running engine.
