440 ID

Minty · Post by **Minty** » Mon Aug 23, 04 1:11 pm

Can someone please help,i,ve just bought myself a 440 +727,(Thanks for your help Dave,Twolanes)
Stamp no on top of block as follows;
J440 1 maltese cross HP
3011119
8 22

side of block stamp

7.20.72

3698830.440.7

Ibeleive it to be a Hi po motor,whats the difference between these and standerd 440,s if any

Thanks in advance for any information

Terry

Kev · Post by **Kev** » Mon Aug 23, 04 1:31 pm

That's 73-78 440. It's actually 1973. Exact day and month and sequence is in the next line. (Should have some dots there somewhere.) Maltese cross means a .001" undersize crank. HP is high performance. Are you sure that 1 after j440 ain't a T for truck as most of these went in motorhomes. HTH.

Minty · Post by **Minty** » Mon Aug 23, 04 2:17 pm

Came out of a Jenson Kev,still got the jenson rocker covers on it.its deafinatly a 1 behind the440,has it got any good bits in it?i beleive they can run on unleaded after 72,is this true

Alex · Post by **Alex** » Mon Aug 23, 04 2:52 pm

You said 7 before ! make yer mind up !!! isit a one or 7?? it does mean something..

Kev · Post by **Kev** » Mon Aug 23, 04 3:17 pm

I was talking about the pad stamp not the block stamp.

Minty · Post by **Minty** » Mon Aug 23, 04 4:44 pm

Double checked the PAD STAMP

Its is a 1 behind j440
perhaps the good old boy lost his T

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Mon Aug 23, 04 5:59 pm

Minty wrote:i beleive they can run on unleaded after 72,is this true

After 1976 I think with the "452" heads.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Mon Aug 23, 04 6:05 pm

I think a 1973 truck block would be stamped JT440 Kev. Having seen truck blocks I should know but can I remember? Of course not!