need pics of 440 police interceptor off-topic

My dad told me he had a 440 police interceptor and like all the cool cars he had he freaking got rid of them before i was even born (thanks dad)

I can't find any info or pictures on it.

anyone have a photo of the actual police car and maybe some engine carb info?

 

Is Google broken or something?

 

yeah, i would of that it would work too.

but everyone and their freaking mother's just take the 440 interceptor engines and put them into plymouth fury's and stuff like that. This is the only kind of "hits" that google comes up with...

I want to see a picture of what the actual dodge 440 police car looked like.

 

Dude, give me a break. I typed in copcar.com (went out on a limb and guessed......) and guess what I found. Cop cars!!

 

Black and white 1974 Dodge Sedan (former Mount Prospect City police car)
Illinois plates license number: BDR 529
440 cubic inch plant
cop motor
cop tires
cop suspension
cop shocks
model made before catalytic converters so it run good on regular gas.
optional announcement horn
further more this car has got alot of pick up

Is this what you're looking for...???

 

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If your looking for something pretty from a real squad car your gunna be disapointed. They were plain red/orange painted motors with log manifolds and black painted air cleaners. Most early ones and all the later models had AC.

440's started in 67 with a Carter AVS. Around 69 they went to 600 Holleys and grew the high rise performance log exhaust manifolds. Around 72 they changed to blue, got the Carter Thermoquad, flatter exhaust mainfolds, and more hoses covering them up. 78 was the end of the line for the Mopar big blocks. Mostly the famed "intercepter 440's" were the 69-71 performance motors with Holley 4bbl and high gearing (2:76 or even 2:45). The reputation came from the 440's ability to pull strong and live at high rpms (6,000-6,500, consider those rpms and the mph reachable with 2:76 gears) for extended peroids of time with out coming apart. Mopar made real tough motors back then. Gene

 

yeah, you're right... no big deal.

I saw a sight on dodge police cars and it mentions the Pursuits, i did not find anything saying interceptor. kind of confusing..

nevermind.

 

blues brothers!!!!

 

Try this link!!!

http://www.bluesmobile.net/

You'll see it there...!

 

Did your dads have a sweet *** sub like this?

 

If you wanna know about Dodge/Plymouth/Chrysler cop cars, get the book about them by Ed Sanow. There's 2, one from the fifties up to 1978, and one from 79 up to 88 when they quit making Diplomats.

And, you'll probably be surprised to learn, most cop cars were either slant sixes or 318's.

Jay

 

Try this link............they also have info on the cars themselves.


http://www.allpar.com/squads/engines.html

 

"YOU, ON THE MOTOR CYCLE....."

 

Hello,

Thank you for that bit of information. How do I tell an Interceptor version of the 440 apart from a typical 440?

Thank you!

 

Dodge had a model 440 police interceptor I had a 1969 Dodge coronet model 440 police interceptor it was purchased new by the Putnam Ct.PD.and was 2 tone blue dark on top light on bottom and a light metalic for both .Not all model 440 cars had 440 engines in them .A pic of my cruser would just be mistaken for a 69 coronet the police options only showed up when something needed fixing.Police altinator had its own wiring harness with special exterior regulator suspension was all different etc.any time something needed to get fixed i had to wait for parts as the dealer who sold the cars to the dept. didn,t even stock parts for it.my car as delivered was 383 powered and internals were different than standard 383 push rods had bigger od and were shorted than regular 383s for example

 

google says:

http://www.autohobbydigest.com/copcar/

http://www.bilnorge.no/vis_bilder.php3?b=bb_17031.jpeg&aid=21803&tid=63

http://www.musclecarcalendar.com/sp03_5.htm

http://my.inil.com/~tfujise/copcars/

there are probably more....have fun!

 

440 Police Interceptor, my top end is unlimited.{Cop in the orchard}

Ray in CT
Still looking for this one at Best Buy

 

No real difference. In the '60s, there was two versions of the 4bbl 440. One was the 350 hp version with a holley carb, the second was the 375 hp version with a slightly bigger cam and a carter AFB carb.

The 350 hp engine was typical for the larger "C" body cars, like the Fury, with the 375 hp optional. The 375 hp was the engine used in the "B" body cars like the GTX.

 

A Coronet 440 was a low line coronet and the 440 wasn't even available in it. It was only availble in the Coronet R/T. The 383 4 brl 330hp motor was the hottest motor available. Think Superbee in a plain wrapper.

The fastest police interceptors ever were the 69-71 full size police interceptor Dodge Customs and Fury's. They were rated to run at 148mph. Canadian police cars had no emissions and still used the old style magnum manifolds, non emmisions manifolds, straight pipes with no muflers, big thermoquad, and hot magnum cam until at least 74'.

I had a 74' ex-opp cop car Dodge Custom with a 440 Police Interceptor package in it. It had 2.45 rear gears, heavy duty everything, coolers on everything, and the big bad 440 in it. It would bury the 140mph police certified speedo without a problem.

 

Thank you for the information everyone. A friend of a friend is selling a complete 440 and I will be viewing it tonight. Many years back, he pulled it out of a 1970 Challenger, in order to replace a busted transmission. That was the beginning of the end for him, so to speak, as that is when he started to entirely rebuild the Challenger. The 440 has been sitting in his garage for years, as he replaced it with a 600hp Hemi.

All he knows about this 440 is that it was bored out 30 over. It likely has the typical 4bbl carb on it but I am secretly hoping to see a six pack tonight. Even if it does not have a six pack setup, if I end up buying the engine, when I rebuild it, it will be converted to a six pack. Apparently Holley and Rochester sell parts that make this easy to do these days (ie. the plate, gaskets, etc).

The funny thing is... I don't even have a car to put this thing in yet. I am still setting up my shop and I haven't gotten to do any serious wrenching in years. It was a serious hobby back in the day, as I had a '69 GMC pickup with the typical 350 V8, Rochester Quadrajet carb, and a Turbo 400 ******. Ahhh.. those were the days.

So anyway... I've been a huge fan of mopar and I've wanted to build myself a hot rod for the longest time. Within a couple of months, I should be able to get serious about it.

As an aside, I live in Fairbanks, Alaska. You guys wouldn't believe some of the cl***ics that pop up out of nowhere around here. You'd never think that such a remote place would have the types of cars floating around that we do, but every now and again... *bam!* OMFG! Is that what I think it is?! I hope to be one of those guys within a year or two.

Thanks again for the info, gents.

*edit* Forgot to mention that when he took the 440 out of the Challenger, it was running just fine. I still intend to pull it almost entirely apart and make sure everything is in good working order. I envision this thing being a gasoline guzzler when I'm done with it.... six pack, blower, cam, the works.

 

The "police interceptor" tag was only one of the many hats the 440 HP engine wore.

Dodge called it a "Magnum"
Plymouth called it a "Commando"
and Chrysler called it a "TNT"

Same engine. HP block, good heads (68-70 had the "906" castings), and a bit hotter cam. The 383 "Magnum" series has all the same add-ons on the low-deck 383 block.

There is really nothing super special about them. The only cool thing I like on the ex-cop cars (and taxis, by the way..) are the additional coolers the factory added...the power steering fluid cooler is well done, and a few of them "in line" would be an adeqaute transmission cooler...but I digress...

~Scotch~

 

Not a 440, but this was a fun pic I did of an old Kansas HP car at a show . . . the long arm of the law:

 

I built this "Interceptor"....what do you want to know about these motors...specs vary from year to year make and model.

pics of my 55 Dodge 1/2 ton in there as well......

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/690202

Derek

 

Sweet! I will give more details on the engine as soon as I've seen it. At this point I only know it is a complete 440, it is bored out .30" over, and it came out of a 1970 Challenger.

Here is one quick question for you... ***uming it has the standard 4bbl carb and no other work done to it, how much horse do you think it's pushing, just with being bored out? (I know, I know, the piston heads make a big difference but I simply do not know what it's got yet).

 

Yes and no. Kinda depends on the years. In the early models ('67ish - 69) the 440 was available in R/Ts and Coronet 500s. My grandfather managed a Dodge dealership from '62-78 (good years ) and ordered himself a bright red '67 R/T as a demo as soon as they were available. The dealership owner took one look and told him he couldn't have it, that no manager of his dealership was going to be seen driving around town in a hot rod - and made him order a 4dr Coronet instead. So my grandfather got out the book and proceeded to order himself a '67 Coronet 500 4dr with every single option that was standard on the R/T and then some. It had the 375hp 440, 727, black buckets, bright red paint. Wish I knew where that car was today.

 

That 440 from the Chalenger was most likely the 375 HP motor. Would have come from the factory with a 600 Holley, high rise exhaust manifolds with a dual 2 1/4" exhaust with a ballance tube, an unsilenced air cleaner, and a decent cam. The 70 probably came with a single point dist, though it may have had a dual point if it came from a performance dealership like Grand Spalding Dodge. The Mopar electronic ignition was an option in 72 and may have been available in 71, not sure, I was a 14 yo motor head in 70 and we has a Mopar electronic igniition in our Power Mechanics cl*** in 71, but my school's auto shop was one of the best in the nation in the "Plymouth Trouble Shooting Contest" so we always had cutting edge stuff from many auto companies. Just as a side note, unless that Chalenger was special ordered or it came with a 6 bbl motor or the Hemi, it would have had an 8 3/4 Chrysler rear axle, not a Dana like so many thought.

Usually the 600 Holley was swapped out with a 780 in short order, then the exhaust was trashed for a set of headers and pipes. The 440 factory package was well designed. Unlike some makes, aftermarket improvements netted little extra output. The "six pack" consisted of 3 Holley 2 bbl carbs on a progressive opening linkage (1150 cfm I think) and the special air cleaner. Everything else between the 375 horse and the 385 horse rated 6bbl motor was the same. On a good day the 440 could get 10-12 mpg unless you were really working it hard to try for a little better mpg. Most of the guys I knew with a 440 got around 6-8 mpg. Those Holleys wide open are not designed for good gas millage, but when you could buy 100 + octaine premium gas for $.36/gal we weren't too concerned.

www.moparts.com is a good web site for answers for all your Mopar questions.
Gene

 

ahhhh...that hood ornament brings back memories! the family wagon had one just like it, but it was black instead of red.

 

Looks like I'm gonna be the proud new owner of a 440 big block. The thing is clean and in good shape. Only has a Holley 4bbl on it but I might change that to a six pack someday. Anyway, after I pay off the tax man, I'll be buying the engine. The guy is going to keep it for me, which is really cool of him. I feel like I'm getting a decent deal on it, too. Once I've got it in my shop, I'll start ripping it apart. It was running well when it was in his Challenger; However, I was to get a look at the pistons and cylinder walls, as it is bored out 30 over. Need to look at them heads too, and determine what cam it has in it.

Yup, boys and ladies... I'm on my way. Now I need to keep an eye out for a car to put this ***** in.

*edit* ps. He showed me the Hemi in the Challenger. The car is probably 30 hours away from being ready for paint. omg... that Hemi... I hope some day I get to hear it running. It was absolutely stunning.

 

Time to go to school....



The word "Police Interceptor" is a Ford term!

The word "Pursuit" is a Dodge/ Plymouth term!

The word "apprehender" is a Chevy/Oldsmobile term!
Chevy did also vagly use the "Chase" term as well, but it was dropped due to a certain ACTOR being that name...

So Ford Police Interceptor, Dodge Polara police pursuit, Oldsmobile apprehender ALL OF THESE POLICE PACKAGES!

 

uhhh teacher, that cl*** graduated almost 5 years ago ......