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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>Subject: Re: Lean burn engines
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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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