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Hello everyone. My name is Randy
I'm new to this forum. I've recently acquired a 1965 340 HP 409 Passenger car engine. It's rebuilt. Nothing fancy. It's basically stock, bored .040 over, 10.5:1 pistons,stock heads and a mild cam. It's my intention to install the engine into my 1964 Pontiac Parisienne. For those who are not familiar with the Parisienne,.. this was a Canadian built Pontiac on a Chevy chassis. It was offered with a 409 as an option from the factory. It had always been my hope to find a passenger car 409 to drop into it. I finally got the chance after many years of looking for one. Everyone knows how rare they are and what they are worth when you actually find someone who is willing to part with it. (unfortunately ,.it seems there are many 409 owners out there who are content to simply own the engine, keep it on an engine stand and never do anything with it.)
I'll be keeping the engine the way it is (single 4 BBL) with basically stock internals. The engine was expensive enough without having to now start financing the fabled 2X4 heads, carbs and intake. It will be a fun driver. I'd prefer to enjoy driving the car as opposed to simply looking at it on an engine stand and drinking beer while playing old beach boys tunes :-)
If anyone out there has some photos of a stock 1964 409 340HP car engine, I'd appreciate seeing them. I'm particularly interested in seeing where the factory hoses are connected on the intake. I've seen partial photos which show a hose running from the filler tube and ending somewhere behind the carb. There is also one more hose that comes from the back of the intake. I'm not sure where that one connects. I'm interested in keeping the engine "detailed" to 1964 409 340HP appearance.
In any case,.. my best regards to everyone on the forum! I look forward to hearing from you.
I'm new to this forum. I've recently acquired a 1965 340 HP 409 Passenger car engine. It's rebuilt. Nothing fancy. It's basically stock, bored .040 over, 10.5:1 pistons,stock heads and a mild cam. It's my intention to install the engine into my 1964 Pontiac Parisienne. For those who are not familiar with the Parisienne,.. this was a Canadian built Pontiac on a Chevy chassis. It was offered with a 409 as an option from the factory. It had always been my hope to find a passenger car 409 to drop into it. I finally got the chance after many years of looking for one. Everyone knows how rare they are and what they are worth when you actually find someone who is willing to part with it. (unfortunately ,.it seems there are many 409 owners out there who are content to simply own the engine, keep it on an engine stand and never do anything with it.)
I'll be keeping the engine the way it is (single 4 BBL) with basically stock internals. The engine was expensive enough without having to now start financing the fabled 2X4 heads, carbs and intake. It will be a fun driver. I'd prefer to enjoy driving the car as opposed to simply looking at it on an engine stand and drinking beer while playing old beach boys tunes :-)
If anyone out there has some photos of a stock 1964 409 340HP car engine, I'd appreciate seeing them. I'm particularly interested in seeing where the factory hoses are connected on the intake. I've seen partial photos which show a hose running from the filler tube and ending somewhere behind the carb. There is also one more hose that comes from the back of the intake. I'm not sure where that one connects. I'm interested in keeping the engine "detailed" to 1964 409 340HP appearance.
In any case,.. my best regards to everyone on the forum! I look forward to hearing from you.
We need your name. Lots of info here.Great group of guys.
Welcome Randy,and good luck with your project.Lots of both fun and info.here
bang your build sound good would love to see the rest of that car
Ken