1966 Valiant Sedan V8 Swap (Victoria)

Got the parts to build a 408 myself. Bought an internal balance stroker crank. Eliminates a lot of goofy chit like having a balance weighted torque converter, or flywheel, and having to use a special harmonic balancer. Why Mopar did that is beyond me. Not one of their better ideas IMHO. Make sure you dont forget to use an external balanced torque converter or it will pound your 360 to crap in short order. I dissassembled a 360 core i bought for my 408, somebody had it bolted in place of a 318. No balance weight. The engine must have shook so bad, one main cap was cracked, and the main bearings were pounded out of it. Seller took it back gave me a second short block to dissassemble which was in better health.