So, what does a 426 hemi weigh with all of its cast iron factory parts then huh? Let's see, from
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Good grief!
765 lbs! That's heavier than a 392! Well, it's a good thing they never put one those in an A-body. Oh, wait a minute, they did. Huh.
You can lose 100 lbs off a 392 just with accessories. That puts it under a stock 440 for weight. Sure, weight is a consideration, but by the time you get it into an A-body with an aluminum water pump, aluminum intake, headers, new balancer, etc it won't weigh any more than a factory BB. I can think of a whole list of issues I'd worry about more than the weight. And if you think this is because of your post count, it isn't. RRR is just as wrong and he's got more than 5x the posts I do.
A full dressed 331 only weighs about 700 lbs. That's only 30 lbs heavier than a 440. The water pump conversion by itself saves that over the cast iron timing covers and all the that junk on a 331. Let alone an intake. Why don't you put that 331 on a scale and see what you get?
But hey, what the hell do I know. It's not like I've got any experience with early hemi's.
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