Will a 440 out of a 73 motor home work in a car?

[jeryst]

I know a guy who is selling a 1973 440 and 727 out of a motor home. Does anyone know if the mounts or anything else would be different?

[purple1]

Motor Home Heads. 
Short shaft 727 truck trans. 

You can't use them in a car.
Also make sure it is a 440. Motor homes 73 and down could be a 413. They look the same.
Dave 

[jeryst]

Thanks. Too bad. It's complete, has low mileage, was running when he pulled it last year, and he only wants $200 for the whole setup.

[purple1]

Blocks are the same. Thats about it. All the 413's had forged cranks. I got one for $150. The guy said it was a 440. 

The crank is all I will be using.

Dave 

[HemiOrange70]

The motor home blocks apparantly had higher nickel content

[SuperDave]

I would not discount the 440 as a bad engine.  Take a look at the front right, top of the block and see what the numbers read on the pad where the block meets the heads.    A cool thing about a 440 in a motor home, (provided it was not an after market upgrade):  The majority of the 440s in motor homes were 4 barrell...ready?...6 pack engines.  Good heads, 6 pack rods, etc.  They were also installed in some of the Chrysler wagons.  Look for "HP" on the block in the indicated location.  If the HP is there, you have a 6 pack engine with a 4 bbl.  Either way, the cost for the engine and tranny are very appealing.

The 727 did have a short shaft, but it was not necessarily used in motor homes.  Even if it was a short shaft, a quick trip to the local junk yard or a tranny rebuild shop will allow an affordable purchase of an output shaft and long housing.  Ask the question on the length.

As a note:  In 1973 The engine line up was 440, 400, 360, 340, 318, 225.  The 413 max wedge was a 1950's engine which was used until about 1962 when it was increased to 426 cubes.  The max wedge engine was replaced by the 426 hemi in 1964.

[Chryco Psycho]

413 truck engines were used long after 64
there were different classes of motorhome too , C class tend to have normal engines , A class are a lot different with different heads & water pump etc

[SuperDave]

You are correct on that.  The 413 and 361 were used in trucks through the late 70's, my guess is about 77.  However the trucks were medium/heavy duty sales and did not appear in general population vehicles - light duty trucks (show room at the local mopar dealer).  With that said, RVs may also have seen the 413.  More to come.

Here are a couple of links to reference:

http://www.fortunecity.com/silverstone/chrysler/45/bigblock.htm Casting numbers.
http://www.sweptline.com/hist/bigtrucks.html Shows the use of the engine in medium/heavy duty trucks.

Interesting to see some of the 413s were 8 bolt truck cranks.