Re: What to do, what to do...

Posted by Mark - IN. on February 21, 2006 at 18:35:08 from (205.188.117.14):

In Reply to: What to do, what to do... posted by 2x4 on February 20, 2006 at 23:13:31:

The 366 and 427 truck engines that the others are referring to are "truck" engines, not to be confused with passenger car or truck engines. The blocks do have a taller cylinder deck heighth (increased by .4" as I recall) than the "passenger" block, which allowed another set of compression rings on the special truck pistons. As far as a/the dealer telling you that other parts will not interchange, he"s wrong, they"re identical blocks. He may be referring to the double disk clutch and pressure plate setup versus a single disk clutch setup. I don"t recall if they used the same flywheel, but they may have. The bellhousings are identical, as are the starter mountings. What doesn"t interchange are the intake manifolds of the passenger blocks, not without spacers, because a the cylinder head deck moved up (outward), the front and rear rails that the intake manifold sets on had to be widened because the cylinder heads were moved outwards as well. Everything else can be interchanged with those blocks and passengers. Actually, the block has some serious race potentials with stroker cranks, longer connecting rods, notching the block, etc.

Those truck 366"s and 427"s are pretty much bullet proof if taken care of, and torque monsters. Do not confuse them with the passenger car and truck engines, including the 454. If you"re going gas, go "truck" block, not passenger car or truck. Big, big, big difference, don"t confuse them. And don"t under estimate the 366, it"s all about gearing.

Mark

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