440 motor from 70 Imperial...should I buy it?

[hotrod98]

A guy came by the shop today and said that he had a complete 440 with a 727 tranny, complete with air cleaner for sale. $450.00 cash.  If I remember correctly, mopar never put an HP block in an Imperial. Would this be a good price for this setup? The tranny in my 69 runner is starting to slip and this might be a decent tranny. What do you think?

[Brock Samson]

sounds good to me.. that'sa good price.

[Daytona Guy]

If I had the room I would buy it.

[superblu72]

 

[TheGhost]

Buy the C body, too, if possible.  Imperials are classy cars.

[1968 Charger B5]

grab it

[KMPX2]

It's junk and give him my phone number

[911bear]

   you dont want that hunk of iron could you please give the dude my number? 

[hotrod98]

This guy has had this motor and trans in his garage for years. I'm sure that the Imperial body has been crushed long ago.

[cudaken]

 Chryslers did have a HP 440, it was called a T.N.T 440, 350 HP.

Sure many of you know this but all Big Block where the same from year to year, excpet 1967, 440 HP came with the close chamber heads.
A  68 2 barrel 383 has the same crank, same block and same 906 heads as a 383 HP.
A 68 440 from a wagon uses the same crank, same block and the same 906's as a 440 HP.

Cam, piston's and other part's where driffrent but for a rebuild the HP does not make it better. Ma Mopar built there stuff pretty darn tuff, un like Chevy that had to make a 4 bolt belly button main block.

My Blowen 440 is based on a 1974 C-body engine with a steel 69 crank.

                                          Cuda Ken

[cudaken]

 OH, buy it, steel crank

[694spdRT]

cudaken is right. The 300's also had 440HP's called the TNT. I thought they were 375 horse though.
I have one in my gararge right now. Regardless any steel crank 440 is worth grabbing for that money.

[41husk]

i think roll mike has a steel crank 440 in the for sale section for $400.  He is in Stlouis area and a good guy to deal with.

[MoparYoungGun]

I'd buy it .

[blackcharger]

I'd buy it .

[Charger_Fan]

I'd snag it too.
In the mid 90's I drug a 72 Imperial out of the mud, leaves & weeds. I had the heads from that engine in a storage shed on a pallet...until the shed got flooded & ruined my heads.
I still have the rest of the engine though, so I guess I'm just stuck with buying some E-heads now.

[Silver R/T]

if its not siezed id buy it, though you can pick up 727's very cheap depending on the condition

[John_Kunkel]

Unlike many other Chrysler models, the Imperial never got the HP 440 only the 350 hp standard performance version.

[Brock Samson]

hear that Johhny?..

[Lowprofile]

Hell yea Buy it!

[Ghoste]

Why are you posting?  You shoud be unloading that thing from the back of a truck already.

[69charger2002]

agreed. go get it
travis

[smasherofall]

I have the same situation, a buddy that owns a junk yard just took in a 77 D300 with a 440. Said he'd sell it with the 727 to me for $400 . I went down to check it out, cranked over pretty good but didn't fire so tried some ether.. BANG..... left side valve cover blew off!! I never saw that happen. 

[Ghoste]

   How much ether did you use?

[smasherofall]

just sprayed it for a second, it had those wing bolts holding them down, one shot out about 30 feet
must have a major burnt valve