Hey.
looking to drop a 440 n auto tylranny in my rat rod project. I think I'm initially gonna get a running engine outstanding Rv. I'm finding em still in the Rv and running for 6-1500 and ranging from 1972-1976.
I know these aren't the powerhouses they have potential to be but I'm looking for more initial mockup n running than horsepower at first as this is a frame up build.
what kind of horse n tourque numbers am I looking at? Any bads to my thinking? I could always juice it with a 125 shot of nitrous till I rebuild it.lol
Thanks for any help. RR.
p.s. I'm in southern Ohio if anyone has leads to one for sale.

 

The problem you will have is getting rid of the carcass after you remove the motor

 

Some of the RV engines had reverse cooling.. Flowed threw the heads first total different set up. Make sure its not one of those

 

I don't believe they were reverse cooled but the water pump DID mount up on the front of the heads, some people call these a "high mount" pump. Also some of the big truck / heavy motorhome setups had coolant flowing through what is normally the heat crossover ports.

Here is one, probably a 413. Notice the coolant temp sender in the middle of the exhaust



This water pump mounts to the front of the heads making it a "high mount"

 

The seventies 440s are pretty anemic. I run a ’78 and it’s rated +- 200 horses, but it has a lot of low end grunt, which is okay by me. I’m in a Ramcharger so I don’t need horses, necessarily.