The Motorhome And Industrial 413 & 440 Mopars

The Junkyard supply of Big Block Chrysler engines may have dried up years ago, but there are still plenty to be found out there in old RV's, Dump Trucks and Irrigation pumps. Here's how to tell them apart along with what will, and will not work in your hot rod.
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[@matthewwisenbaugh3883]

I love the way Tony looks at the camera after saying backwards pistons. That's right stand your point Tony.......

[@aspalovin]

I love the look. Come at me brah! lol

[@williamrogers.]

Me too. Had to back it up and watch again for a good laugh at D & F's expense. LOL!

[@TA_Plus_Hemi]

Had me chuckling when he did that.

[@dezertdime1072]

yea gotta get that extra.00001 extra compression and that better rod ratio hahaha

[@Fleetwoodjohn]

Caught it too. He’s confident in his ways and that’s a good thing.

[@jeanlawson9133]

I use to work on a lot of motor homes.... especially the Dodge....the military truck version of those had grease fittings on everything even the water pump, idler pulley's etc ..

[@bobroberts2371]

A couple of things: The reason the industrial motors had a different water pump setup was to elevate the fan. This was done to get the fan closer to the center of the large rads. The Charger, don't cut the frame, take it to a body shop and have them pull it on a bench. This will bring everything back into shape.

[@nicholasagnew2792]

7 gallons off coolant, they weren't messing around

[@kart70]

Another issue to watch out for is the industrial cranks like in irrigation engines and other similar applications. They will have eight bolt drive flanges but they are not the Hemi/six pack eight bolt pattern. This means that you will need to find a different crank, but hey, cheap big block mopar engines.

[@eddieb4227]

@@kart70 some were designed to run backwards. Irrigation pumps and chippers. Ford big blocks also were made that way. Cranks didn't change tho.

[@kart70]

@@eddieb4227 you are incorrect. Some industrial engines had a weird eight bolt crank flange that's not Hemi. Not saying they can't have a crank swap, only that they MIGHT have a crank that's incompatible with automotive applications.

[@eddieb4227]

@@kart70 I'm not incorrect on anything of what I said. I did not disagree with what you said nor did I say it was a hemi. Just stated that some of engines were designed to be left hand turning engines, which the crank stayed the same and the camshaft was designed to run backwards.

[@unclemikeb]

Back in the 1980's a farmer bought a 440 from a salvage yard for his farm machinery. The dealer wanted a fortune to rebuild the factory engine. Farmer got pissed and bought the 440 without even knowing it would fit. He another guy worked at, welded some brackets and made it fit. Something about radiator hose, they had to siamese two or three hoses to make it reach. But it worked and it had more power than the factory engine.

[@karlsracing8422]

Got a 72 413 .030" over 292 .480" cam with stealth heads in my 74 Duster that went 12.90 with 452 unported heads, going to see what it does at Mopar fest in union grove with the stealth heads.

[@anthonyking4387]

Probally stay 12.80 wt that cam!

[@stuckinmygarage6220]

And?

[@chrishudson8377]

​@@stuckinmygarage6220got outrun by a chevy

[@stuckinmygarage6220]

@@chrishudson8377 oh, Man!

[@deniseb3897]

I just love these old 66' - 67 Chargers. My brother got one for his first car back in about 1974. It was a 1967 with the 2 barrel 383. It was blue with a black interior. The previous owner had put slotted mags on it. The 4 bucket seats and the front and back consoles were so cool to me. The instrument panel with all of the gauges and the 150 mph speedometer were impressive to 14 year old me. At night the gauges gave off a cool blue light at night that was so bad ass looking. I still think that body style is one of the best to ever come out of Detroit. Even now when I look at cars for sale I make a point to look at these Chargers.

[@karlnitz1126]

They were replacement engines for the M113 personnel carrier, for the inf. during Vietnam. That's a neat story too. They were installed on School bus frames too.

[@kennethwood713]

my m113 had diesel

[@cranerigging3604]

@@kennethwood713 Thank you for your service Kenneth ! The M113 my Dad was in also used the GM 6V-53 diesel . en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M113_armored_personnel_carrier#Mobility I would think a gas engine in one would make it even more scary inside ! One thing Dad mentioned is everybody rode on top when moving for fear of being hit with RPG's .

[@stephencrandellsr4915]

Worked on a few M113s in 62 they had 413s in them

[@eddieb4227]

@@cranerigging3604 came with 327 chevys also. Went on REFORGER in 83. We were given a lot of old stuff being a maintenance company. Older diesels that weren't used in 20 years.

[@bcbloc02]

A good shop with a frame rack and someone good should be able to straighten that frame no cutting needed.

[@modelnutty6503]

yup! and someone who's good will massage the body near back straight same time working them together. they'll know where to apply pressure what direction etc.

[@leapyear9460]

Im no expert but was thinking the same thing. I paid to have it done once and worked out fine

[@clutchkicker392ison5]

Girls building they're own engines, ur a lucky man unk, cheers to both of ya.

[@Buffrt66]

I love them old Chargers.

[@michaelmartinez1345]

Me too... Chrysler had the styling market very well cornered with these cars... Good looks and great performance....

[@livewireblanco]

I have an industrial 318 in my '71 Dart. I've learned so much about industrial engines because of it. Beast of an engine!

[@SophiaAphrodite]

It was worth watching just for the flipped piston stare.

[@stevej2031]

I really like the dash design and layout on the first generation chargers.

[@richhauxwell7848]

I love 1st Gen Charger

[@dinadaughtry8993]

There's a red one that runs around the Fort Myers area that is a hemi car see it every now and then usually from the back, it's a quick car

[@xxxxrock32xxxx]

I would have liked a slightly longer clip of the charger hit'n it HARD!

[@seggzslimjimz1179]

he has a burnout vid and a normal 20 min vid on it look up uncle tony garage charger and you’ll see it

[@judgegixxer]

It probably fell on it's face and he had to cut the video there.

[@m3horn]

Nice job on building the 440 engine in the 67 charger ultra Kathy 👍👍

[@ArmouryMan]

mentions turning around pistons, stares deeply into camera.

[@mikepoint4983]

After he mentioned that , wasn’t it roadkill mentioned there is no advantage to turning around the pistons ?

[@matthemberry]

David Vizard has settled the debate. He says it adds HP. Good enough for me.

[@nickthompson9697]

Adds power at cost of higher bore wear.

[@nosnerd1967]

Yeah I saw lol 😆

[@MrJeffcoley1]

@@mikepoint4983 Those douches qualified their statement that there isn’t any advantage to turning the pistons backwards when the wrist pin is centered. DUH. You do it when the wrist pin is offset.

[@markszyszkiewicz]

Borrowed father-in-laws 440 Winnebago to go to Maryland from Mass. 14 miles out brakes fail. Replaced lines at rest stop. On the trip home 14 miles out radiator hose fails. Found a tractor supply store that had specialized upper hose for 440 BB...from a tractor. Made it home ok.

[@brandonford8092]

I would pull it on a frame machine before cutting anything. You probably have 20-25 years more experience than me, but.... You should try to stretch it back out bro. Nice find

[@modelnutty6503]

yup, right guy with tension and heat can do wonders.

[@eugenehorvath2494]

In the Navy in 68, our aircraft tow tractors were international harvester with big block Mopar.

[@ironwoodreviews8604]

Can anyone else smell these videos? Uncle Tony should make candles.

[@artjones2498]

4yrs ago i passed on a 413 from a 70 D600 water truck..because a well known mopar guru told me there was too much difference between a truck eng and a passenger car engine...he said" the crank snout was too big...basically nothing passenger vehicle stuff would not work to convert it to use in my D100 pick up" so i let it get cut up for scrap...had i known i could do a head swap and other stuff i wouldve saved the engine....thanks frie#€$$@r...wish i knew uncle tony earlier

[@gregsimon9061]

My dad had a 70’s winnebago with a 413 four barrel, it wasn’t very fast but it never let us down.

[@anthonypritchard7710]

Best looking charger ever made.

[@m3horn]

I agree 💯

[@dyer2cycle]

..ehhhh...not for me..that'd be 1968-1970....roof don't fit the body lines on these and I don't care for the rear side window look..still, they're o.k....

[@dougdays8095]

A friend of mine worked at calspan , who did sled testing, hemi engines powered the crash sleds , they have a few brand new replacements still in original crates .. pre cell phone era..

[@fordman4287]

You should be a cameraman for the day and let Kathy spread some knowledge, or at least do a duet engine build.

[@needmetal3221]

They should have let her wrench on the 318 engine build and put lunar on the camera

[@loganmpe7559]

No no no Uncle Tony I think and cameras would be like oil & water, you can mix them but they just don't get along! 😂😂

[@m3horn]

I agree 💯

[@fordman4287]

Uncle Crystal can run the camera while they hammer out the 383 for the street freak.

[@rockymeyers4030]

She built the engine? Maybe you need to get her to be the mechanic on bottle rocket!

[@beezlebub3955]

Uncle Kathy's Garage

[@meh-canics9628]

Yep, I got lucky finding my 73 Motorhome 440! Just take it to a frame shop! Probably be 2 hrs of work

[@BobF315]

Some Industrial knowledge,71 and earlier had gear drive and reverse rotation cam, also reverse rotation distributor drive to drive the distributor and oil pump in standard rotation. 72 and later had factory double roller timing chains. The later 413’s were under bored 440’s, I have one that was safely bored .162” over and sonic checked. I also have one stamped 440 but still has its factory 4.185” bore. And they did make headers, a lot of motor homes had a tube header that fits the industry flange.

[@39KHall]

Back in the '90s my folks had a 13-ton, 40' WL 1948 Matthews sedan cruiser (mahogany on white oak, Monel-fastened). The original motors were Packard straight 8s, but it was repowered in 1962 to twin 413s...and they were niiiiice.

[@MrGlenferd]

I had a rambler that was hit in the rear end and buckled a bit over the rear wheels. I lifted it high with a jackal, placed some solid blocks under the back and kicked the jack out and let it drop. Did it a few times and it straightened right out.

[@Cutlass_Rudd]

To fix the frame buckle, tie it to a tree, hook up a winch or come along and pull from the exact angle it was hit and it'll straighten out, will require love taps but it'll come straight. Watched it done to my brothers 82 GT after hitting a deer, we traded the local mopar guy some parts to lend us his body man and he did it in our yard.

[@dirtyduck1947]

you talk about places to find chrysler engines ! me being a total dodge boy at heart! I got cornered at a cruise night by a guy I sorta knew, he knew I know my way around things ,! so he wanted me to go with him to look at a 26 foot day cruiser that had just got traded in a big marina! so off we go, this thing needed a lot of love! the female sales person , told us it arrived on a trailer and the wanted it gone! it was filthy dirty ! , so the never touched it they helped us get into the water! and it had 2 engines in it with 2out drives! she handed us the keys and said take it out and see wat you think! be care full we were told it works good and floats they never got around to do any thing to it so we started on engine and idled away from the place, she wouldn't set foot on the boat in the condition it was in ! my ears perked up as soon as I heard the engine start! we started the second engine and the buyer was getting cold feet ! the marina wanted 5 grand for the boat as is where is! I told him you are buying the dam boat! why he says ? I went back cleared the junk off the floor boards and got the floor lifted up ! there sat 2 426 hemi marine engines ideling away !I told him shut up say nothing to the sales woman buy it now! the 2 engines are worth more than the boat all day long! so he made the deal! all said and done paper work signed! it was his! one of the guys that worked there when we loaded it on the trailer which was a piece of work in it self!! why would you buy that piece of crap ! thats when the guy who bought it opened his mouth and told the guy about the hemi"s all tho I told him to shut up! we got out of there before the shit hit the fan! and the guy run to the owners about it fun ride towing home behind my ram half ton truck! shows to go you never know where you find gold!

[@hermanmunster5831]

Kool info thanx! We put a 73 motorhome 440 in a 65 belvedere2 30 years ago just got it back out this year after sittin 20 years Runs like a clock!!!

[@subwoofer8865]

I have 1960’s 361 industrial engine that came with the 413 industrial heads. But Tony you left out the 8 bolt flanges that they come with if they were in a medium duty. The crank will not work with a normal big block bell housing. The flange is about a 1/2” further out, and has 8 bolts so the crank can’t be used for a normal car/truck. If you watch the Roadkill episode with that 60’s D100 where they grab that big block bell housing, it’s actually the industrial bell housing that will not work with a regular crank. A divider plate is part of those bell housings for that 1/2” out flange. Also has a hydraulic clutch master cylinder bolted to it. So if you see six bolts you’re good, 8 bolts you will need a crank. Also a good identification for the medium duty blocks with the 8 bolt flange is an large letter T cast on the side of the block. My 361 has the T upside down, but it shows it’s a “truck” block for the bigger trucks. And there also is a 1 through 5 number cast next to the T. As far as I know the higher the number the stronger the block. Example my 361 is a T-4 block. You should only see this on the 361 and 413 engines.

[@patrickbrown3135]

Our 75 Winnie has the 440 with the peanut plugs

[@stuckinmygarage6220]

Hi - Can you tell me if your heads take a tapered or flat(gasket) plug? I have 3751213 (RV heads) with the extra passages (and the block to go with them) and I WAS using Autolites 86/AP 86. Recently found out (my eyes and fingers confirmed) that my heads have tapered plug holes. ? You? Thanks!

[@patrickbrown3135]

@@stuckinmygarage6220 I had originally bought autolites, couldn't understand why they didn't feel right when I tried to thread them in. I searched the Internet and found they take the 5/8's style plugs due to less clearance because of the water jackets. They are tapered,just smaller circumference. Went with the original Champions- which by the way are now under an altered stock number than originally. I will be out where I keep the Winnie later on today-will send you the Champion plug # , if I still have the box- I believe I do .

[@patrickbrown3135]

@@stuckinmygarage6220 Champion 344- RC9YC

[@bbivens8263]

They had the 452 heads with the revised water passages that had to use the 5/8 the peanut plugs. They actually flow the best of any Mopar BB heads. I know, I rebuilt one and put it in my 86 4x4 Ramcharger.

[@kmcwhq]

I saw an old welder once with an industrial hemi in it. Had a 1 bbl carb on it. And of course they used hemis in the air raid sirens.

[@nickthompson9697]

Got one in my town.

[@briang4470]

Yeah the air raid sirens had the industrial 331 hemi. Some were set up to run on gasoline and some ran on propane depending on where the unit was installed.

[@obsoleteprofessor2034]

Slant 6 went into a ton of forklifts. I had a guy eating out of my hand who didn't know that. He was working a job that needed a working forklift everyday. He walked into my dad's part store with a long face and water pump dangling from his hand. I had the pump on the counter when he finally reached me. He said he had been all over town and everyone kept asking him make, model and year. "And you came here last?" I asked him.

[@scotcoon1186]

I have a picture somewhere of a 413 modified to run standing on end. They claim it ran like 20-30 thousand hours (there's 8,760 hours in a year) on an irrigation well. Never went deeper than points and a valve lash on it. My boss had a pair of slant sixes on an irrigation pump. Someone would come out to work on the well or the sprinklers, and spend a half hour fiddling with vacuum gauges trying to get them pulling the load equally. He shut them back down til dark, and when he fired them up, set the throttles by the glow of the mufflers.

[@sugarnads]

When we (i was 12) went to the USA in 1978 we had a dodge champion motorhome with the 440 in it. 🇭🇲❤️🇺🇲

[@karlsracing8422]

Get egge pistons for the 413 that are based on early 60's 413 with closed chamber heads can achieve almost 10.1 compression.

[@LongIslandMopars]

I bought Egge pistons for my 273. Unfortunately I didn't get the domed ones; the flat ones sit low in the hole. I may swap them out one day for higher compression and then add my 273 factory 4bbl intake.

[@albertgaspar627]

@@LongIslandMopars just be careful the domes aren't so high they affect air flow into the head or block the flame travel. in the old days folks would cut a notch but sometimes what you get in compression you lose to poor burn quality...and then you reduce ign. timing to avoid detonation on top of it

[@LongIslandMopars]

@@albertgaspar627 Thanks very much for that insight. Maybe that's why the engine builder I worked with convinced me to just keep it stock with the mild Isky cam. If I ever decided to go with higher compression, he recommended custom Ross pistons. I greatly appreciate your feedback.

[@albertgaspar627]

@@LongIslandMopars glad to help. the only real benefit to a domed piston is it adds more surface area to be pressed against. but it also adds weight to the piston, which has an effect on piston speed and that affects how well the intake charge is "sucked" into an expanding volume of cylinder (as the piston races away on the intake stroke from TDC) and how fast it gets pushed out by the rising piston on the exhaust stroke. and there is an issue if the camshaft has a large valve lift--that dome better get the heck out of the way! too much duration in the cam and it bleeds off the mechanical compression in the chamber--that's why the rowdy idling long duration cam really wants a higher compression. The best choice in a perfect world is a small combustion chamber--less of the combustion work is done filling up a large chamber on a cylinder head that isn't supposed to move at all--combined with a flat top piston that is supposed to move. I'll agree with your engine builder since at 273 cid, there's not a lot of low RPM torque to lose. Ask your engine builder or cam company about "variable duration lifters". Crane and Rhoads sell them, so you may have to go with their cams. In a general explanation, they bleed off cam lift (and thus duration) below about 3,000 RPM. so at the lower RPM (where you are cruising down the highway, running the AC, launching from a stoplight) a wilder (say, a muscle car grind like the D code 275 hp 273 engine's specs, compared to an "RV" cam for torque) cam mellows out. you'll lose the choppy idle, but can pick up a few miles to the gallon. Above 3,000 RPM or so, you get your wilder cam specs back, and the lifters are hydraulic but can go up to 6,500 rpm shift points. Rhoads lifters tend to click like solid lifters (compared to Crane's) and work better with the slower ramps that came on the old muscle car grinds. I have Crane's on an Olds 461 cid, 10:1 cr (needs 93 octane) and a .490 lift, 260 duration cam. with 3:1 rear gears, I can leave the manual valve body THM400 in 3rd gear and pull from a dead stop with a captive discharge ignition (fires the spark plug no matter what, a regular points may not like to get that much load, but i'm just saying what a variable duration lifter can accomplish on a large displacement engine.) If you're making the 273 a cruiser/daily driver, and want a little more umph above 3,000 rpm once you try out that mild cam...a bigger cam and variable duration lifters may just be a ticket for you. hope i didn't just give you too much to chew on :) go with the cam and compression your builder is considering, and tune it well. that could be everything you want out of the engine. but if you decide a little more...those lifters may help you go bigger on the cam and not worry about losing low RPM torque or needing a stiffer rear gear to launch (if you have a choice of automatics, i find the torqueflight 904 to eat less hp than the vaunted 727, and you probably have it behind the 273 anyway. In 1980 i think, they swapped the first gear ratio from 2.45 to 2.74 and called it the A998/999 trans. this gets into another field of modification, and on some engines the drop in ratios between gears just makes the car run up to redline and then fall out of its powerband in the next gear and have to build itself back up again. but, enough "drawing out on a cocktail napkin" wild ideas. typically when you want more power out of a 273, you go up to a 318, and that will also help make power in the lower RPM ranges. at least you have the nice adjustable valve rocker arms--folks used to search junkyards for the 273 to get 'em :)

[@LongIslandMopars]

@@albertgaspar627 All great info for me to process if I ever want to try and wrangle more from it. I wanted to keep the car completely original, so when I inherited the car upon the passing of my dad, I rebuilt it in 2013. It's a 1966 Dodge Coronet 500 SE that my parents bought new. It remains a stock 2bbl with the only mod being an Isky E-4 cam. It still runs solid lifters with the adjustable rockers. Sucks down gas like a big block, which I'm sure the cam is to blame for. The 2.94 rear gear is in a 741 housing; if I ever wake it up with a 3.23, I expect I'll have to go to a 489 rear. It has the original 904 trans that was rebuilt by a friend in our local club and is perfect. I drive it on weekends and take it to cruise meets. Keeping the memory of my dad alive.

[@AaBb-zj2ld]

get it on a frame machine and heat the buckle when pulling.

[@auteurfiddler8706]

Yeah, you can't fix it with a torch and hammer. Frame machine the only way. This type of damage is why they built them. But around here it is hard to find a shop with a frame machine. One shop told me they had one and showed it to me but they admitted they'd never used it.

[@ScottKenny1978]

Gotta find a shop with some old timers in it.

[@michaelmartinez1345]

@AaBb , pulling it straight would be a good thing, but this 'Frame' is actually a UNI-BODY design of sheet metal no thicker than 0.062" in the places where the buckling has taken place.... The floor-pan & frame-stubs that are spot-welded together, are probably fatigued and/or cracked where the buckling took place... The repair needs to include doublers that are attached to the areas where the bucking took place, after it has been straightened... It will require a fair amount of tooling and sheet-metal expertise to do this properly....

[@mattsantini4471]

I asked about a motor home 440 last night on the live stream😂…your the man Uncle T

[@bradleyyounger8499]

I had an old motorhome with the 413.. that damn thig ran so smooth I couldn't even tell it was running.

[@sambekins]

Another spot thar 440s found a home in was WWII air raid sirens

[@peters8758]

Post-WW2 Chrysler air-raid sirens got First-Gen Hemi 331's -- the 440 didn't even exist 'till 1965.

[@sambekins]

@@peters8758 Right on i knew that but there are units that exist with 440's that power them I have helped restore three so far. Built after 65 or retrofitted is anyones guess. Chrysler had its hands in all kinds of obscure things back in the day. Including the space race.

[@peters8758]

Oh, would I love one of those...

[@sambekins]

Peter S I've also seen a few with 318 poly engines. I'm part of a bunch of weirdos that collects and restores cold war era and civil defense relics. Lots of crazy thing the gov spent in the name of keeping us safe in the 50' through early 70's. Any how The 440 based ones are kind of obsurd but still cool thats a lot of motor for a siren lol. But heck gas was what 28 cents a gallon in the 60's and they only tested them once a year lol. Those air raid sirens are deafeningly loud though up close and at full tilt we could hear one we did not very loud but clearly at roughly a mile away.

[@sambekins]

@@mickangio16 mid west ?

[@mesasavage]

You forgot about the sodium filled exhaust valves in the 413 industrial.

[@hotrod4d]

I can't wait to have a car to put a big block 440 on one day. Hopefully I find a 68 coronet like the one I had stole from me when my dad died...

[@marcusmaddenov2451]

That early Charger is a two door fastback Coronet.

[@loganmpe7559]

Oh man that sucks!

[@hotrod4d]

@@mickangio16 i know, the mopars I want are already as much as my house in some cases or more

[@mudduck754]

Always got some of my better Mopar builds out of a motorhome. Right now I have a 72 Dodge motorhome with a 360 and 727 with only 37,000 mi on it. That I'm just waiting for the right body to come along.

[@Adamsadventures83]

When I was younger my parents bought my grandfather's little 20ft winnebago chieftain and it had a 360, iirc it was only in the 30K miles range. Pretty much every motorhome at our marina was the same story, driven from storage lots mere miles away and set in front of their dock for 6 months and then back to storage for 6 months.

[@eddieb4227]

Sunrise should keep a look out for one I worked on in 86. Guy I worked for had a set of rebuilt W heads on the shelf. A couple of rock hounds wanted to leave of IDAHO in a week. Their top end was wasted. We put this W heads on with a 4 barrel intake. Really woke up that slug!

[@adamculbertson7850]

Love the pause and look after “stock pistons turned around backwards.” Lol!

[@loganmpe7559]

I missed it first time so I rewound and watched again... Hahaha what a look!

[@wheels-n-tires1846]

Yup...epic moment!!!🤣🤣🤣

[@forgotmylogininfo]

6:15 lol

[@michaelmartinez1345]

@ Adam Culbertson... Tony had an episode that talked about doing this, reversing the orientation of the piston installations in reference to which side faced towards the front of the engine... Mostly done on Pistons with flat-tops and crown shapes that do not interfere with the valves or combustion chamber... Why? Because some Pistons had the pin position slightly off-set, apparently to quiet the engine down... So Tony was saying that reversing the orientation of the Pistons could increase the power output, and make the engine more efficient... How? Presumably, because of better connecting rod geometry on the power stroke, and increased dwell-time the fuel has to burn and create pressure for the power stroke... A very interesting concept that was brought out into the open by Tony-here on You Tube AND in the David Vizard book 'How to build Horsepower', and Smokey Yunick's book called 'Power Secrets'.... They found ways to get more power from stock parts... The reverse piston trick really revealed some amazing results on otherwise stock mild-mannered equipment that were Tested on the dyno's.... Good Stuff that is often overlooked otherwise...

[@williamgolden839]

@@michaelmartinez1345 So if you rebuild your engine keep the pistons turned around?

[@tays8306]

Motorhome big blocks!! Need to find an old banks power draw through turbo setup from one to go with those engines.

[@erniebrazda805]

I just picked up a motorhome engine for 600 and the 727 came with it! Now let's get started! I like 440s!

[@gregpanek523]

My older sister ordered a Bronze 383/ 4 speed Charger black interior a month before they came out in '66 . At 5'3", 98 pounds, she could barely push in the clutch, LOL! I was 13 and thought she was the worlds coolest sister! It was really cool getting dropped off at the front door of the school every morning since my school was right on the way to work for her. Growing up in a Detroit Suburb, we weren't very far from Woodward Ave and of course she cruised with it. She dabbled in street racing but if she won. it was because someone had a 283 or just let her win. With her struggle with the clutch and the factory shifter, she wasn't really a contender... but she looked cool, the dual exhaust sounded good and people thought she was the Dodge girl from the comercials!! Anyways, she married a guy with a new black '68 383 Road Runner a few years later and blaa bla bla. I always loved the electroluminesent instrument cluster at night along with listening to her lear Jet 8 track with Jefferson Airplane, Beatles, Blues Magoos, Donovan, Yardbirds, etc, etc. playing from it. Just a fantastic aviance inside of it! OH, loved your dramatic pause afer saying you flipped the pistons on your 440, LOL!!!! I about fell over!

[@auteurfiddler8706]

It was a dual Mopar marriage? Did they stay together?

[@gregpanek523]

@@auteurfiddler8706 No, he later got into BMW's that soured the relationship, LOL!

[@Brian_Hoover]

I had a 1964 Imperial with a 413 in it. Was a great running car.

[@Mynextproject_74]

Awesome cruiser! Looking forward to seeing the frame fix!

[@hemidart7]

LOVE THEM DIRECT CONNECTION COVERS...FUCK YEAH!

[@Torquemonster440]

X2.. I so want to score a set of those. Hard to find for a Big Block.

[@hemidart7]

@@Torquemonster440 My buddy has a pair on his 69 Charger MINT! and a guy offered 800$ for them he said no of coarse but that was over 10 years ago

[@Torquemonster440]

@@hemidart7 damn.. i would have turned it down too. 😁

[@44hawk28]

If memory serves me correctly, the 440 six pack was externally balanced that's why it had a different vibration dampener

[@brianmogle1121]

I just bought my 1973 440 w/ forged crank for $995 and 727 trans w/ big block bell housing for $650. Found them on eBay in Idiana.

[@dieselstuff2952]

The 413 was also used to power some of the B Model Mack trucks too.

[@Buzz-vz2js]

Think some loadstar international did too

[@Chris_Bumpus]

Yep i got a 78 440 that i pulled from a 32 foot motorhome. 32k on The odometer and crosshatch in the cylinders. Cleaned it up new gaskets and tossed it in my swinger with a 4 speed. Super fun and cheap way to get that big block grunt!

[@stevenbean9706]

I love the aerodynamics of those chargers. That car needs plymouth prowler purple ! Great car for running cross country. I had a 440 in my 78 winnebago had extra oil capacity think it was like 8 quarts that thing would tow our 26ft enclosed hallmark elite 2 with no problem those were the days, pulled up in an old winnebago that had a nicer living set up than most new homes of the time.

[@ramonhernandez9716]

Also marine 440 and 413 for lots of salt water fun...lol. and counter rotating engines on two Eng applications..

[@NecromancerGarage]

The industrial engines sound like something that'd be pretty good to put into a turbo application, where you'd more than likely leave the manifolds anyway with the benefit of the better exhaust cooling to not burn the valves out.

[@Darrinsworld]

My 75 motorhome 440 has standard bore size, just used stock replacement rings and the gap is perfect. Like I got the motor off the assembly line almost, minus the grease and grime😂

[@L.A.Concrete]

Mack also used the 413 but make badged it as the 414 for diehard gas truck owners

[@wearegame777]

Just bought an 88 Dakota with a 78 Motorhome 440 in it.in the process of redoing the old owner's horrible work on it...lol. Literally everything I have touched on it has needed some level of re-work done to it.

[@jeremythefleetguy1693]

Perfect ending Tony. Thanks!

[@randybarnes8454]

That backwards piston look was priceless. Cool.

[@79tazman]

First Gen Hemis were made into Industrial engines and put in many things too. The special thing about those Hemi's they used solid lifter cams in them where in the cars they used hydraulic lifters and they did used self adjusting rockers where the solid lifters used adjustable rocker shafts.

[@frankroy9423]

Bought my 1975 brave on a 75 dodge 300 frame, 440 auto with 40,000 miles. Runs like a top, added a edelbroch performer intake with a 750 quick fuel holley carb. Verry dependable. Love it

[@m3horn]

Love your 67 charger Uncel Tony 👍👍

[@kevinbrady9343]

These are the videos no one else does....When I had old muscle cars I was a Chevy man but I still love the knowledge Tony puts out......I did have one Mopar years ago but there was no KZbin then...There also weren't many old Mopar guys to pick up tips from

[@old-fashionedJoe83]

I've got a 413 industrial out of a 1970 Dodge motor home. It was free, I just had to pull it. That was a pain in the butt though.

[@BBBILLY86]

My first engine build in 1985 had a Crane Fireball II cam. I really wish Crane would sell them again so I could hear the heartbeat of my first hot rod again.

[@benjamindixon7571]

Good to know!!! August 1972 starlinerer was just given to me, only problem is that a 2005 mustang is my only option for installing it. We have begun the process

[@timbermansam]

JFC I bet those floors are slippery when wet! Don’t fall and crack your dome Unc!!

[@johnelliott7375]

Everything except for the delivery details one that Charger to my house. 😃😉👍💯 Great job and good day to you all!

[@Welcometofacsistube]

I absolutely love 66/67 chargers

[@Carstuff111]

I love this Charger so much, more so when it spanked the white modern Charger :)

[@dennisyoung4631]

I knew someone who had one of those industrial-grade Mo-Pa’r 440s in his motor home. It would roll up steep grades *easily.*

[@rustyshank912]

Ok odd places to find mopar engines. Case 960 combine uses a slant with a continuous speed governer. Case 1660 combine uses a small block v8. Hesston haybines have slants as an option until the early 90s.

[@67L-88]

I was hoping Austin and Garret were going to do the motorhome 440...

[@bb.6969]

same here! seemed like a great idea and a hilarious video

[@silverbullet1162]

My dad has a 66 with a 440 bored 55 over wisco pistons eagle rods 560 lift cam full roller i believe, ported heads with a quick fuel carb, built 727, and its quick. Has another 66 stock 318 wide block.

[@hook86]

Thanks for this video, brother! That ride is SWEET! I just snagged a 78 B300 RV and I thought it had a 360 in it, but the distributor is on the front of the engine so I think I'm dealing with a 413 or 440!

[@ShaneHammons]

I got a low mile one on my property, just been keeping an eye out for something to put it in.

[@elm7666]

Uncle Tony, thanks for the info. You should do a video about the Chrysler Bell Victory Siren used during the cold war. Just a thought..

[@davidmiller9485]

isn't that the 332 hemi siren that was used back in the 50's? i seem to remember a couple of old guy's i knew in the 70's talking about one somewhere in Oklahoma. Seems it was part of the Tinker Air Force Base (or maybe it was Putnam city near Tinker, I wish i could remember) warning system or some such... interesting.

[@elm7666]

@@davidmiller9485 you are correct David. Chrysler sold the 331 Hemi power beast for 5500 dollars. It could be heard up to 25 miles away and was loudest ever constructed to warn people of a nuclear missile attack.

[@Ggreg1962]

We had a cockshutt combine on the farm that had a 383 industrial motor, it was 1977 or so

[@blindlemonpiesky]

bitchen. just picked up a 1962 Dodge D100 shortbed project with a MOHO 440 with a 727 and I did not know the difference. Thanks and keep it groovy!

[@miguelsoliz772]

A few years ago I saw on a motor trend video they took a 440 out of a motor home and I was always curious the details on that swap. Keep up the great information sharing sir👍👍👍

[@auteurfiddler8706]

Yes, Road Kill. They put it in a Charger they called general mayhem. Later they dyno tested it. It did Ok but not great since it was built for torque and long life. Low lift cam, low compression.

[@miguelsoliz772]

@@auteurfiddler8706 YES!!!

[@galaxie500xl7]

This has always been my favorite body style of MOPAR muscle. I like Chargers and Challengers. But this is my favorite of all. I like that "swoopy" top.

[@coinslotsandjoysticks2572]

If you're ever in ky you should stop by and see all the vintage mopar stuff I have collected over the last 40 years from old dealerships that closed down and I was lucky enough to get what they had

[@ddavidobbar]

What i have seen is my 440 and regular 440 difference is head and block on motor home/heavy use)style is coolant holes are figure 8 looking opening and reg 440 have round coolant holes on block and heads, just saying what i have seen, cool vid...

[@ericlandstrom6155]

All 76 and up 440 blocks had those passage openings

[@davidmiller9485]

yeah the peanut plugs.

[@1107jordanlego]

Bought a 440 motorhome a while ago and got it machined and put some forged pistons and aluminum heads and stuff on it ready to hear it roar

[@toddbraddock236]

I think the 1974-76 440 motor home blocks had beefier mounting ears for the motor mountsm that's why I chose one for my 512 stroker build!

[@justinhetrick5864]

One thing that wasn't mentioned about the Industrial Engines is that the coolant goes through the intake manifold. Which means you can't use a regular intake on an Industrial headed engine.

[@dannork1240]

Uncle Tony is the cool gearhead older brother or cousin I wish I had when I was a kid👍🏼

[@edfrawley4356]

I believe that Chrysler also marinized the 440 I was looking at a cabin cruiser for sale a few decades back and the owner told me it had a pair of 440's in it. I knew how thirsty they would be and was looking for a diesel boat but it was still intriguing to consider a boat as a source for big block Mopar engines.

[@cycleguy666]

Nice.....nothing sounds like a good old 440......... sweet sounds from my past!!

[@andrewoplinger4759]

Personally, I would really love to score a motor home Oldsmobile 455. That would be so sweet in the old 98 I'm trying to get back on the road again!

[@onesecureone]

Happy happy happy engine hmmm Like the crazy painter lets put a happy little tree right here i love happy engines

[@soullessginger3117]

Ive got a 1965 town panel and I picked up a 74 truck 440 for it plan on putting a np435 behind looking for some parts but I found a place in sandy Oregon called wildcat auto wrecking that deals with nothing but pre 79 Mopar when I find a place to work on it ill post videos

[@mattmccall9619]

Another good thing to mention about the later RV blocks is that they strengthened the webbing for the crank and the bores are more consistent thickness as they got better at casting in the later years...less core shift. My 77 block is .060 over and the cast crank is cut .030. Lunati cam and 10:1 forged Icons.