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Old 06-11-2008, 03:40 AM   #9 (permalink)
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go with the 383. parts for the 413 are hard to come by and very expensive compared to the 383. the 413 was used in c-bodies from 1959 through 1965, when they were replace by the 440. the transmission in the 62 is also much more difficult to work with on a swap.
Parts for a 413 aren't scarce up here ! ...and the normal cast pistons give a better compression ratio than the 383.
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