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Stuffing in a 440 and 4-speed
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12/31/10 07:43 PM
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I'm constantly grazing on For Sale ads for the perfect NON - MOPAR to stuff a 440 and A833 4 speed into. I've seen some Sapparos but it's too Ricer for me. Basically, I don't want to turn one metric bolt. And I don't want to go tubular to make it fit. I want that BB to cradle in there as if it came from the factory that way. After a long, long, time searching, I'm stumped. What kills me is that I see BBC's stuffed into just about anything. 
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Re: Stuffing in a 440 and 4-speed
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01/01/11 10:18 AM
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I built this 1931 Ford Coupe three or four years ago with a 383, A-833 4 speed overdrive, and 8 3/4 rearend in it.
It was fun!! 
Nice job.
And half the people at the car shows look at it and say "what engine is that?" and the other half say: "Wow, a Hemi"...
Right? 
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Re: Stuffing in a 440 and 4-speed
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01/01/11 04:16 PM
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A friend stuffed the entire drivetrain from a wrecked '70 440-6 Coronet R/T into a '70 Gremlin (wasn't Mopar at the time). Wish I had pics, everything including the 833 and Dana fit pretty well.
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Re: Stuffing in a 440 and 4-speed
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A friend stuffed the entire drivetrain from a wrecked '70 440-6 Coronet R/T into a '70 Gremlin (wasn't Mopar at the time).
I always figured them as being a great candidate. Trouble is, ever since Wayne's World, ugly little AMC's have become pricey...
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How about a bricklin sv-1?
Believe it or not, I looked at those POS's extensively when Malcom started shipping them. Every single one of them came with a bill of materials of parts MISSING as delivered and would be supplied later. 
After closely crawling all over them, my only thought was that those VW dune buggy conversion kits were of better quality. 
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Re: Stuffing in a 440 and 4-speed
[Re: Commando1]
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01/01/11 09:14 PM
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How about a bricklin sv-1?
Believe it or not, I looked at those POS's extensively when Malcom started shipping them. Every single one of them came with a bill of materials of parts MISSING as delivered and would be supplied later.
After closely crawling all over them, my only thought was that those VW dune buggy conversion kits were of better quality.
Maybe that's a good thing. Would give you the chance to go over the car and fix all the little things the factory did wrong if you picked up a project one for a decent price. Hell, I find myself doing that on my old mopar.
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Re: Stuffing in a 440 and 4-speed
[Re: Commando1]
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01/03/11 09:55 AM
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I'm constantly grazing on For Sale ads for the perfect NON - MOPAR to stuff a 440 and A833 4 speed into.
I see BBC's stuffed into just about anything.
Wow! That's a tuff nut if you have no direction you're leaning towards.
Saw pics of a BBC stuffed in a Nash Metropolitan. 
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Re: Stuffing in a 440 and 4-speed
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01/03/11 08:59 PM
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Re: Stuffing in a 440 and 4-speed
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01/11/11 08:17 PM
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Don't you think for one second that I haven't been eyeballing these. 
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Been looking for one of these like forever....
That 4 door was on Ebay for pretty cheap if I remember right. Can't recall but, I think $3500 was the BIN.
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Re: Stuffing in a 440 and 4-speed
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01/14/11 09:33 AM
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Don't you think for one second that I haven't been eyeballing these.
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Been looking for one of these like forever....
Really? One on our local CL almost everyday from Thanksgiving until around Christmas, really clean car CHEAP!
Here it is
http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/cto/2126171507.html
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Re: Stuffing in a 440 and 4-speed
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01/14/11 09:35 AM
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Try checking out early 70's oldsmobile Opels,
Buick sold the Opels. 
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Re: Stuffing in a 440 and 4-speed
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01/18/11 10:19 AM
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I owned an Avanti. 
The world's sexiest looking car is also the world's biggest P.O.S.
Never, ever, again.
Sexiest? Hmmm. Maybe. Picked up this a few months ago. Wanting to do a v-8 conversion. Not sure what direction yet. Sb chevy is cheapest/easiest over a Lexus. That Conquest TSI was a good looking car too but I know, NO METRIC!
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Re: Stuffing in a 440 and 4-speed
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01/18/11 01:49 PM
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Picked up this a few months ago. Wanting to do a v-8 conversion. Not sure what direction yet. Sb chevy is cheapest/easiest over a Lexus.
My decision (and life) would be so much easier if I would consider a SBC to stuff into something but I know Mopars and the Devil you know....
Besides, I don't know if I can deal with asking questions to those kids in the Chevy forums.
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Re: Stuffing in a 440 and 4-speed
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01/20/11 09:39 PM
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What about this? My daughter's '87 Dodge Daytona Turbo Z Would take a few hours work, but guess it would be worth it. Saw a Chrysler Strattus once, with the 440 MOPAR engine. Approx. the same ammount of work I guess. Einar in Norway.
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Re: Stuffing in a 440 and 4-speed
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01/21/11 11:21 AM
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What about... '87 Dodge Daytona Turbo Z Would take a few hours work,
Excuse me? A few hours work? That's a FWD, my friend. This ain't Chop, Cut, & Rebuild.
And I don't have them skills.
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Re: Stuffing in a 440 and 4-speed
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01/23/11 02:05 PM
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We saw a mini van at Indy for the Mopar nats years ago that had a nasty 440 in it. It was like listening to a ventrilaquist, you knew where the sound was coming from ,but it just didn't seem right. I asked the guy why and he just replied-------- why not?
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Re: Stuffing in a 440 and 4-speed
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02/01/11 10:07 PM
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Re: Stuffing in a 440 and 4-speed
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02/03/11 04:06 AM
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On the Daytona, in the VIN a 86 is a G and a 87 is a H. I think it is the 10th digit. Bryce 
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Re: Stuffing in a 440 and 4-speed
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02/04/11 01:08 AM
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Re: Stuffing in a 440 and 4-speed
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02/04/11 06:54 PM
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Ice drag racing...
Honda Civic...
440...
Hey, that's the smiley you wanted to use on me earlier
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Re: Stuffing in a 440 and 4-speed
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02/19/11 03:39 AM
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What about... '87 Dodge Daytona Turbo Z Would take a few hours work,
Excuse me? A few hours work? That's a FWD, my friend. This ain't Chop, Cut, & Rebuild.
And I don't have them skills.
Moparts user member dirt sells the conversion bits to turn those 80's fwd into rwd's... exlinecustomauto.com
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Re: Stuffing in a 440 and 4-speed
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02/21/11 09:24 AM
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how bouta plymouth cricket!
Didn't Sox & Martin already do that?
They didn't have a Cricket but they had a '79 Challenger. It used to run at Gainesville in the '80s and early '90s. It met it's end about 7-8 years ago street racing in the Ocala National Forrest area.
How about a 440 in a '81-'92 Camaro. Plenty around to pick and with a good supply new and used parts. Besides, it would be throwing it back in the faces of Chevy lovers, just your style.
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Re: Stuffing in a 440 and 4-speed
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Avanti? 
I owned an Avanti.
The world's sexiest looking car is also the world's biggest P.O.S.
Never, ever, again.
I still say Avanti. Once you do this conversion and fix those problems you'd had it would be a great car. Kinda part of the hobby. 
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Re: Stuffing in a 440 and 4-speed
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03/18/11 01:46 PM
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"And now for something completly different" how about a 50's or early 60's DIVCO milk/delivery truck? You definatly wouldn't see another one parked next to you in the parking lot, plus you could still haul in it!
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I'm there now on celicasupra.com
Even worse.
