Help Identifying a 392 HEMI for sale

72bluNblu said
So, what does a 426 hemi weigh with all of its cast iron factory parts then huh? Let's see, from #5--- Engine Weights
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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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My 331 is a 1956 medium duty truck engine.
Did you see that? I said MY 331. Not "someone else's. It came out of a 56 D600 dump truck. It has the extended service block that's made to to be over bored many times. They have a LOT more metal in them as do the truck style heads I described. They are similar to some of the heavy duty truck and industrial heads from the big block as they run water through where the exhaust cross overs would be. Also, they lack the front cross over ports I spoke of earlier. This engine as it sits outweighs a fully dressed 396 Chevy and a 400 Chrysler. I know what it weighs. Exactly. As I put each individual piece on a scale at the local post office when I first got it, because I was curious. As purchased, it was a total of 801 pounds. It's a heavier engine than the rest because it's a medium duty truck engine. I don't know what it weighs now, but I would "guess" probably 50-75 pounds less. That water pump and timing cover were both pretty heavy.

No one questioned your "hemi knowledge". We all know how smart you are. You constantly remind us.