Ok , did a better check , it`s a ordinary 1983 motor . i`m used to older motors where its machined flush with the panrail to the cap.
If that is a truck block with 4 hole motor mounting on each side....it will likely bore 4.04 Casting number to look for is in the bottom pic, that's the ticket....
Thanks a bunch . I`ve heard about this from a man called the Baron here in sweden . He only drove 50:s and 60:s Chrysler Le Barons . He and his father got rich on selling MobileCranes in the 50:s - 60:s . So when SAAB who sold Chrysler in sweden decided to stop that in the 70:s they bought their whole parts stock . He is gone now and his widow refuses to sell anything.There is still tons of stuff.He talked about it to be early La truck blocks but said nothing more. This is also the reason for asking about the above block, that`s advertised as a 67`block. I`ve been trying to find out what block he was talking about , so this is it then??
Your engine looks very nice by the way , I`m just starting to assemble mine , first some oil passage and line mods.
Thank you.
Good strong block! Score!!! I see you got the crank too. It might be a forged crank if it was a truck engine.
You're set then, get it bored & honed then grab some kb243 pistons...and if you are the careful spender get a sonic test before hand.
It is a cast crank for this one , maybe the shot peened strong one .i`ll try to find out , The real score was made yesterday , A std bore 71 340 , must be bored to 4.07 , but thats ok , to find a std bore that needs no boring seems impossible even in the USA i guess.
You`r right there , Sonic tester , its a djungle to find a reasonable price on one that works for cylinderwalls .Any useful ideas??
