perhaps you should consider a transmission cooler if the Imperial is to be a tow car...plenty of power in the 413....huge amounts of Dodge motor home chassis had this engine as stock power. Bob Fortson --- Bob Fortson <bobt1885@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > First thing to do (IMHO) is find what you've > got...If > a normal rebuild is possible then a machinist/engine > builder should check bores for wear/tear and advise > what is needed to get correct. This could be as > simple > as nothing to boreing/honing for oversize pistons > and > all the related things that go with such > things...also > the crank should be checked for wear/tear...perhaps > more machineing is required to fix. (oversize > bearing > , etc.) . > Your second question (IMHO) depends on what you're > trying to create... > A complete restored to factory specs Imperial is > one > thing...a nice "cruiser/driver" is something else... > The stock 413 engine was and is a > powerful,dependable > large car propeller.../ > Bob Fortson > - Limos4us@xxxxxxx wrote: > > > Your free subscription is supported by today's > > sponsor: > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Is your computer freezing up or slowing down? > > Repair corrupt files and harmful errors - protect > > your PC > > Take a 2-minute PC health check-up at no charge! > > caadVJEbQmH9Ma/PC > > PowerScan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > Hey Bob, > > Thanks......I had given more thought since > yesterday > > and figured if I was > > going to put the Imperial on the road...might as > > well rebuild it. > > Who would you recommend to get the basics...rod > and > > main bearings, rings > > that kind of stuff and would you add anything to > the > > motor, like upgrade of some > > sort. > > Thanks again > > David > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > > removed] > > > > Your free subscription is supported by today's > > sponsor: > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Are you a lottery player?Play smarter! Improve > your > > odds and detect winning patterns. Access the best > > > kept lottery secret on the Net. Easy to use! > > > caadVJPbQmH9Mf/Lottery > > Vault > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > ---- > > Please address private mail -- mail of interest to > > only one person -- directly to that person. I.e., > > send parts/car transactions and negotiations as > well > > as other personal messages only to the intended > > recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. > This > > practice will protect your privacy, reduce the > total > > volume of mail and fine tune the content signal to > > Mopar topic. Thanks! > > > > '62 to '65 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: > > > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html. > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com