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03-25-2008 02:02 PM #1
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I love the W motors, both the 348 and 409. They just look so cool in a car, and dress up so pretty, especially with multiple carbs.
If it turns free I would grab it. I think the 409 is somehow different to get those additional cubes, so I don't know either if you can make one out of a 348.
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03-25-2008 02:20 PM #2
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From what I've read, you'll hit water before you get there. The 348 and 409 blocks were different castings.
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03-25-2008 04:29 PM #3
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Here's a pic of a 348 in my 60 Biscayne. riginal except for the air clraners
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03-25-2008 08:50 PM #4
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Had a 54 Chevy truck project once (1990)...Had a 348 with a sheetmetal tunnelram to go in it. Prostreet w/700R-4 behind it was the plan. Never got much more than the frame ready to accept the motor/trans combo and the rear half mocked before getting laid-off at work and selling the whole thing CHEAP!!!
Probably still have my original drawings for all of it somewhere around here...
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03-26-2008 11:19 AM #5
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I was told years ago that you can't. But that was then and now is today, so maybe.41willys wrote: I don't think it's possible to take the 348 bore of 4.125 out to the 4.312 of the 409
A 348, while not a hi performance engine, still makes a damn nice motor for any hotrod, especially with 3 deuces. If the engine was sound and priced right, I'd go for it
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