Re: [FWDLK] B/RB engine swap

[Mike Apfelbeck <moparmike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

As long as the crank flange is the same style, any B/RB engine will bolt
right in, but some later engines(like the 400) have cast cranks and are
externally balanced.You have the crank/harmonic balancer/rod/ converter
package that works together.

Mike

At 11:57 AM 7/8/02 -0700, Mike Sealey wrote:
> --- 1960 Saratoga <60Saratoga@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hi all. I think I want to replace the RB383 in my 60
> > Saratoga with a more modern 400. It seems from what
> > I read about them that any other B/RB will work as a
> > drop-in replacement for my old engine. Is that
> > right? I'm concerned about the new engine mounting
> > to my old pushbutton transmission.
>
> I would have thought a '59-'61 413 would've bolted
> right in? It's also an RB and it would mate to the
> earlier tranny. Of course, I've been wrong before and
> there may be a complication I don't know about yet.
>
> =====
> Mike Sealey, San Francisco CA
> '57 Plymouth Sport Suburban
> '64 Chrysler 300-K 2dr Hardtop
>
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