Guest Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 With the help of this Fourm I found out that my engine is from a 53 Chrysler and it has 264.5 cubic inches. I bought the engine from the trunk of a 41 DeSoto where it had been stored for 2 years. The engine was completly overhauled (Bored .40 over and the crank turned .10 under ect.) I have a pile of NOS parts to assemble the engine. After getting it home, and laying everything out I discovered that the Main Bearing Caps are missing, otherwise I have a complete engine and then some. I called the seller about the Main Caps and after 2 weeks he still cant find them. I bought the engine to put in my 51 Dodge B series Truck, thinking the extra Torque produced by this engine would be far better than the 218 now in the truck. Does anyone know where I can get another set of main Caps? I would like to buy another engine of the same size and use the caps on this rebuilt engine. I think having them line bored would work quite well and having all the correct bolts would be a great help. I could really use some help here, I want this engine in my truck pretty bad. Thanks for your support. Jamesbee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 I believe you can use main caps from all the "big block" flatheads, 239, 251, 265 etc. Tom Langdon at Stovebolt Engine company can help you locate them, he has a website, wwwstoveboltengineco.com, I think. Also, take a look at the PowerWagon Page, and even Inliners International. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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