Re: RB-B Blocks??

[Dave Casey <dcasey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Deck height is the distance from the crank centerline to the deck surface
where the heads go, but the dimension you described is different between the
two also.

Dave Casey

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From: <lxpg1@xxxxxxx>
To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 1:09 PM
Subject: Re: RB-B Blocks??


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> In a message dated 6/17/2004 1:35:38 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> realdeal69dude2003@xxxxxxxxx writes:
> I hate to ask a stupid question, but I have been watching you guys talk
about
> RB, and B Blocks, what the heck does that stand for?? What should I know
> about the Blocks other than the year they were made, small or long block?
Am I
> really that stupid??
>
>   Don
>
>   Don you certainly are not stupid. The B R/B question is a valid one. The
> Chrysler modern V/8's (newer than the mid fifties) basically fall into two
> catagories. The B engine which consists of the following engines.  350,
361, 383,
> 400 are all called Low Deck blocks. The R/B engines are as follows 383
(59-60
> only) 413, 426 (wedge only, not Hemi) and 440 engines. There are new
motors
> based on the R/B design but they are aftermarket engines. The difference
between
> the two motors is the height of the deck. The deck height is the
measurement
> from the block where the oil pan bolts on to the top of the block without
the
> head bolted on. The stroke of the R/B engine is longer than the B engine.
B  vs
>  R/B or Raised Block. The 440 motor shares just about all the same
components
> as the 383 with the exception of stroke, intake, and obviously piston
size.
> You can interchange the heads, the oil pan, the oil pump, camshaft, water
pump.
> Crankshafts are different. I am sure I have left something out. Someone
can
> give you a better description than myself.
>
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