RE: RB pad decode?

[Brian Schlump <jsbs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My 426 Max Wedge is a 1963 engine that came with hi compression pistons. 
  It's stamped TMP-HC.   The "T" is for '63.


Bill Watson wrote:
> 
> 
> V 42
> 2 25 HP
> 
> V - 1964
> 42 - 426-cid
> 2 - February
> 25 - 25th (1964)
> HP - High Performance version :
> 
> 1, 4-bbl carb
> 10.5:1 C/R
> 365 bhp @ 4800 rpm
> 470 @ 3200 torque
> 
> The MP versions had 2, 4-bbl carbs, one with 11.1: c/r (415 bhp) and one
> with 12.5:1 c/r (425 bhp).
> 
> Seems the 426 wedge was either HP or MP.   No 'standard' version 
> offered.
> 
> Bill
> Vancouver, BC
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 13:00:46 -0500
> From: "Jim Altemose" <jaltemoose@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RB pad decode?
> 
> 
> 
> I'm looking at an engine block casting 2406730.  I don't have the 
> casting
> dates.
> 
> The pad says:
> V 42
> 2 25 hp
> 
> I'm pretty sure this means 1964 426, February 25, High Performance.
> Do I have anything wrong?  Does MP mean 425 HP vs. 415 for HP?  Or
> does HP imply a street wedge engine?  Is this a Max Wedge block for
> sure? Thanks.
> 
> - Jim
> Jim Altemose, Long Island, NY
> '63 Polara 500 (Max Wedge), '65 Belvedere I (Street Wedge), '71 Bronco
> 
> 
> 



'64 Belvedere
Woodstock, IL.

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