Re: IML: 413 block leak

["Rob P" <fristpenny@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx>
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> The 440 is normally an almost direct replacement.  It is almost the same 
> thign and most holes are the same.  Since I have not done a swap myself, I 
> can't say if all of the accessories will fit the same or need adaptation.  
> A 440 is not, however, the 413.  Should you swap? Nobody will know but you 
> and people that know how (and care to) count the number of bolts on your 
> valve covers.  I personally like the feel of a 413, but that's splitting 
> hairs - they are both effective engines, and dropping in a workable 440 
> might be an efficient path out of your plight.

Don't the heads from a 413 bolt right up to a 440?  I thought you could swap 
heads from one to the other. In that case even valve cover bolt counters 
would be fooled.




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