ok so i just got a new engine for my birthday the other day from my best friend. He was told that its a 360 built for drag/street. everything in the engine is in amazing condition, it has a holley 850 cfm 4 barrel carb, a nice edelbrock intake manifold, and so on and so on. well we took the valve covers off the other day to check the rockers and valve springs and to see if it was in bad shape, and to our surprise it was in amazing condition, everything was clean and looked new. to get more in depth with the engine we decoded the heads, and they came up with 390 stroker or 401 i think. so now im curious, is my engine actually a 390 or can you put 390 heads on a 360 block?

 

I was going to be sarcastic but, I'll hold on to it!

All of those numbers sound like Rambler motors to me!

 

rambler? i have no clue what your talking about

 

looked up rambler, and actually yes the engine is out of a amc hornet x

 

If that's the case.... then I believe that AMC 390 heads will fit on a 360. A 401 is a punched out or stroked 390.

 

401 rambler motors are some good motors!

 

A buddy of mine had a '70 Rebel Machine, that was 2 years old..... Came stock with a 390, 4 speed and some 3.90 or 4.10 gears. It was the first car that I ever saw with a Mr. Gasket "Vertical Gate" shifter. I was 16 and we used to cruise Magnolia in Riverside Ca. Fun car!!!

 

well i got a free built one, and it is a beast. Im putting it in my dart and putting a new rear end to match the motor and tranny, im pretty excited to see the result