Help Identifying a 392 HEMI for sale

340demon72 said
I cut my teeth on early Hemis, yeah I'm pretty old! One thing I haven't seen mentioned is their weight. The 392 tall block engine had about 25 lbs on the 331 and 354. It came in at around 745 lbs. That's about the same as a 340 + a 727 trans. A 440 is in the range of 675 lbs.

Had a friend in college that stuffed a 354 into a 1954 Ford Victoria hardtop and even being a body on frame car it raised hell with the front end repeatedly. My point is that engine and whatever trans. you decide to go with is too much for an A bodies front end structure unless it's only going to be used in a straight line. I would opt for an early 70's B body if you are looking at a street cruiser. Just my 2c :D

That's what they weigh with all of their cast iron accessories. And if it's going in an A-body, it won't have all of those. A chevy water pump conversion, which is probably necessary just to get it to fit, takes a bunch of weight off the front end. So does an aluminum intake, as the stockers are very heavy. You can get a 392 down to factory big block weight with just a few aluminum pieces. And A-bodies came with factory big blocks, so, I think you're off base here.