What is the horsepower rating of a 1973 chrysler V8 engine... 400 Cubic inches 2 barrel carb.... This is in a 1973 plymouth fury non taxi, non police use vehicle...
Can you direct me to a website with this info?...
I went to allpar but couldn't find the right page for this engine...
Thanks!
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hmm, I was surprised to see a 400, hardly heard of it, then found a reference indicating that it is a bored 383.
http://www.allpar.com/model/fury.html
http://www.allpar.com/history/plymouth/1973.
Finally found a link that says either 400 cid 2 barel carb has 175 hp (california only) or 185 hp (49 state).
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Horsepower? 1973 400 cubic inch V8 Mopar / Plymouth Fury?
What is the horsepower rating of a 1973 chrysler V8 engine... 400 Cubic inches 2 barrel carb.... This is in a 1973 plymouth fury non taxi, non police use vehicle...
Can you direct me to a website with this info?...
I went to allpar but couldn't find the right page for this...
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There always have been different HP ratings on the 400 and how it was built. It defiantly a "B" engine, yes the 400 had a bigger bore than the 383 but noting else was interchangeable. Allpar forgets to note this. Basically the reason for the 400 was to provide torque and HP for the bigger cars since the California and Fed emission laws were killing the HP on small block engines. The 400 was kind of a bandade thought to a weight to ratio problem. Now yes the 383 was around but was mainly for NASCAR teams to R&D before all the restriction started kicking in to keep the cars under 200+ MPH Then Chrysler came up with the "RB" engines and brought about tons of torque and HP and made the 400 look like a boat anchor.. The 400 with a 4 bbl carb, correct cam and dump that cast iron intake you can produce about 230 + HP but the parts for that engine is kind of pricey do to lack of demand. Where you would be better off with a 383 or 440
400 2 bbl is around 185 HP but has a good torque range again not as good as a 383 or 440. Plus the 400 was notorious for heating problems if the engine was ran hard. Last try this link form allpar, I know you dug around but maybe you missed this one, allpar is hard to navigate
http://www.allpar.com/mopar/b-engines.html
And yes I know the difference between a B and RB block, I just brought up the 440 because I like it a lot as far as big blocks go and parts price's are good. And I had one in a older ramcharger I had and have two 440 engines in my garage ready for a 72 A-body I want to cram it in
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1973 Plymouth Fury