Sparta, TN 1963 Belvedere owner - 426

[Jerry Hall]

Welcome from Alabama. I'm 72 also hang in there and make it what you want.

 

[furyus]

Welcome from Weeki Wachee, Florida. Nice car.

 

[Johnpat]

Also grew up in that time,nice ride.
Welcome to this group

 

[davek]

welcome to the site love the car.

 

[Homstead]

Welcome to the forum! Sweet looking car!

 

[moparedtn]

from the other side of the state!

 

[early2drsedan]

welcome from minnesota

 

[HEMI-ITIS]

Cam & CR determines whether you can run pump gas,there are many real Max Wedge street driven!

 

[eric383]

Welcome to FBBO, sweet 63.

 

[bearman]

Welcome nice to looking ride have fun

 

[Carter62]

I looked at the stamping... could be a replacement block or someone got out the metal stamps. Take a look at the casting numbers located on the side of the block, this should correlate with the 426 stamping if not the 426 has a 4.25 dia. bore and the 440 has 4.32 dia. Both have 3.75 stroke. If your looking at taming the tiger for the street I would start with losing the dual quads and going with a single 4 barrel or opt out for the new EFI that's getting better and better everyday. Find out what your bump stick is and the overall compression of your engine. If your over 10:1 compression this is going to make tuning fun with todays gas-o-hol. If you don't want to tear into your engine to find the number on the cam you can always pull a valve cover and set up a dial indicator for actual lift. If its reading more than .550 lift your going to need a different bump stick for the street. IMO
I'm sure your going to get lots more advice here from the B body brethren...

.552 Intake .570 Exhaust Part # 43717, Grind M254-264
This is looking like it's got to be changed out. . . . .

 

[Paul Boucher]

Welcome from NC. Nice to be able to do your own engine testing. Let us know what you find out when you tear in to it.

 

[Mopar Hunter]

Welcome!