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400 Motor home block? #3277391
12/21/24 06:57 AM
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What's the difference between a 230 400 block and a motor home block? work

Re: 400 Motor home block? [Re: racerx] #3277406
12/21/24 09:29 AM
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Well, there is such a thing as a "motorhome" block. It means it came in a motorhome. But I don't guess it's any better than a regular block. It is made from the same casting. It is described in the Mopar B/RB handbook. It has 2 "steam holes" in the deck under each exhaust port similar to a 426 Hemi. This is why those 2 holes are there when you buy a head gasket for a wedge. (Look at your wedge head gasket.) But that doesn't mean that all motorhomes had a "motorhome block". Don't confuse this with the Very Heavy Main Web 230 block that was made up until approximately 10-10-71. Which is what you should use to build a 1000 horsepower wedge if you are not using an aftermarket block.


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Re: 400 Motor home block? [Re: racerx] #3277416
12/21/24 10:48 AM
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No such thing as a motorhome block but I'm not going to bash those guys too hard since they are running a lot of my parts on that engine!
Chrysler just produced blocks. Some went into cars, some into police cars, some into trucks, some into motorhomes. The same exact castings got used everywhere. Some got stamped HP, some got stamped T, etc.

Re: 400 Motor home block? [Re: AndyF] #3277448
12/21/24 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by AndyF
No such thing as a motorhome block but I'm not going to bash those guys too hard since they are running a lot of my parts on that engine!
Chrysler just produced blocks. Some went into cars, some into police cars, some into trucks, some into motorhomes. The same exact castings got used everywhere. Some got stamped HP, some got stamped T, etc.
iagree up scope


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