how much does the big ol' 440 weight?

[68chargerboy]

anyone know how much the stock 440 weighs with cast iron heads, intake, etc....


thanks
Zach

[Troy]

About 670 pounds.

Troy

[68chargerboy]

wow that way lighter then what i would have guessed.  thanks for the info

Zach

[devilgear]

A 426 HEMI is around 800 isn't it?

[Troy]

A 426 HEMI is around 800 isn't it?

765

Troy

[Rolling_Thunder]

wonder what a new get hemi weighs...       

[motorcitydak]

5.7 is around 500 w/ acc's I was told. I read that the 6.1 is way heavier tho...

The trans for the 5.7 is a lot heavier than a 727 tho. I carried one about 20 feet which was a stupid idea. Id guess it to be around 250# or so

[Mike DC]

  
Ever read up on the GM/Rover based V8s?  

(It started out as a short-lived Buick aluminum 215" V8 in the mid-1960s.  Eventually Rover bought the tooling from GM and ran with it for decades.)


Modern hopped-up versions:  around 280-300 cubic inches, about 320 pounds fully assembled.  

Lots of cast iron 4-bangers are heavier than that.




 

[68chargerboy]

while we're on the weight topic anyone know how much the viper motor gen 3 or 4 ways? and also the weight of its trans?

[suntech]

If a 426 Hemi is 765, cast iron everything, an "aluminum everything" should be somewhere just over 500 then? I mean with block, heads, intake and waterpump in aluminum!! 

[68chargerboy]

yea thats what ive seem to be finding when ive been looking around now thats a good way to save some weight! 

[suntech]

yea thats what ive seem to be finding when ive been looking around now thats a good way to save some weight! 

It sure is!! I am aiming for 50/50 front/rear weight!! I am not sure if i will get there, but i should be ending up pretty close.

[68chargerboy]

50/50 would be great! im hopefully doing a viper motor swap in the near future and while im fabbing up the motor mounts im going to even out the weight as much as possible 

[Blown70]

If a 426 Hemi is 765, cast iron everything, an "aluminum everything" should be somewhere just over 500 then? I mean with block, heads, intake and waterpump in aluminum!! 

Most Aluminum water blocks are 150lbs or less.  So that save a ton just the block alone.... I personally dont know on the heads but you will shave a ton off the nose.. LOVE TO SEE THAT MOTOR when your one, and MOST CERTAINLY want to HEAR A VIDEO CLIP of it   

[bamadukefan02]

I am very much aware of the Rover V8.  My first car, which I still have, is a Triumph TR7 which has a 4 banger.  Triumph would take the exact same car put the Rover V8 in and call it a TR8.  When I restore the TR7 I might put a Rover V8 in but use the 4.6 later model instead of the 3.5

Holt P

[375instroke]

Typical weight savings:
Part....................Weight savings
aluminum heads..........58#
intake..................25#
water pump & housing....15#
headers.................25#
Total savings:..........123#

[motorcitydak]

Typical weight savings:
Part....................Weight savings
aluminum heads..........58#
intake..................25#
water pump & housing....15#
headers.................25#
Total savings:..........123#

Now if only someone could make a pair of aluminum headers

[Rolling_Thunder]

5.7 is around 500 w/ acc's I was told. I read that the 6.1 is way heavier tho...

I have found that the 6.1L long block is just shy of 400lbs...     So I could believe a dressed 6.1 with accessories at ~500lbs...  

[motorcitydak]

As much as I have searched, I cannot find the weight of a 6.1. Allpar says 485 for a 5.7. I know I have book at home about performance of the modern hemi that said a 6.1 is something stupid like 700. I just cannot get an answer

[Mike DC]

     
I just wish we could get some kind of mopar smallblock V8 in all aluminum. 

The gen-III hemi would be nice, or even just the old 360 LA engine block.