newbie 409 owner

[Amalakowski]

Hello everyone, thanks for letting me be in the group! Just picked up 2 of the 3 409's I bought yesterday! One of them is a 656 block with 333 heads on it. The other one is a 422 block and haven't checked the heads yet. Just trying to figure out what I have.

 

[bobs409]

Wow, you are buying them in multiples of 3! You'll fit in well here.

 

[Jim Sullivan]

Welcome to this great site Amalakowski!

 

[Dick MacKenzie]

Welcome!

 

[63 dream'n]

Welcome to the site..........You Take big bites.......That's a nice start. Now what will they go into........,?

 

[Amalakowski]

 

[Amalakowski]

422 block on the right, and 656 on the left.

 

[blkblk63ss]

Welcome to the site . What are you putting them in???

 

[Amalakowski]

Nothing as of yet, I will probably end up selling 2 of them to help pay for building one of the 3

 

[MRHP]

I think you will have to sell 5 of them to build 1. Congrats on the find.

 

[Amalakowski]

Not even sure what these are worth. Looks like the blocks have been decked because the suffix codes are gone on both of them.

 

[Don Jacks]

These appear to be truck engines.These will make a great place to build from as long as you're not hung up on the "numbers matching" stuff.Example;the 333 heads can be ported and valved to support 500 hp NA.

 

[Amalakowski]

Yeah, they both have 333 heads. Is anything off the trucks worth anything like the bellhousing, flywheels, pulleys, etc?

 

[Tom Kochtanek]

Welcome, and congrats on your recent score .

The main parts of value will be the blocks, the heads, the cranks and the flat metal (oil pans/valve covers/timing chain covers). Truck intakes don't have much value, same for the distributor and maybe the carbs. To my knowledge the pulleys and accessories are truck-based and not of much use on a street build.

I'd take everything apart and have it cleaned and crack checked then you can get a better idea of what you've got.

Good luck!

TomK

 

[Dick MacKenzie]

Don't throw away the distributor. Makes a great pre-oiler!

 

[Don Jacks]

 

[Jeff Olson]

 

[Bub6le 2op]

WELCOME TO THE SITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!great group of W-Head enthusiasts packed in here, so you will fit in fine

 

[Amalakowski]

I hate to revive an old post, but I was finally able to go and retrieve the 3rd 409 I bought almost a year ago. Came out of a 64 Chevy cabover truck that was made into a fuel delivery truck. Casting numbers are 3788068. From what I've found on the board here it's a 62 hi-po engine.

 

[buildit]

Could be a truck engine also.