Lean burn engines

Greg Hermann bearbvd at mindspring.com
Thu Oct 18 12:32:29 GMT 2001


At 1:15 AM 10/18/01, Ray Drouillard wrote:
>The 304, 360, and 401 are almost the same block.  The bores and strokes are
>different, but the bore centers and all that stuff are the same.  The parts
>are somewhat interchangeable.  When you buy an intake manifold, for
>instance, the manifold is designated as a 304/360/401 manifold.  I believe
>the exhaust manifolds are the same - as well as minor items like
>distributors, oil pumps, oil pans, timing parts, various covers, etc.
>
>Ray Drouillard

I have a pal who knows these engines pretty well. I will see if I can find
out whether there are some earlier heads that will give closed chambers on
a 360.

Greg
>
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>> Nothing interchanges between those engines,
>> other than possibly intake manifold bolts.  8-)
>> The AMC V8 family is very different than Mopar V8's.
>> Not sure of differences between the AMC V8's though.
>> They displaced 290, 304, 343, 360, 390 & 401 over the years
>> Mike V
>> >
>> >  I noticed you were running an AMC 360 V8....I'm assuming this is
>roughly
>> the
>> >  same as the Dodge 360 V8 since Chry Co bought out AMC either late 70s
>or
>> >  early 80s.  If that's the case, you are IN luck.  My 88 Ramcharger with
>the
>> >  318 has swirl-port heads with smaller chambers (more squish area) than
>the
>> >  360 heads.
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