# 400 sbc ?'s

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**Created:** [January 9, 2007, 2:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/400-sbc-s/187317 "2007-01-09T14:43:47Z")\
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> [@FS: 1990 BMW 325is](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-1990-bmw-325is/24960/35):
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> looking for some 400 info and maybe general chevy answers.
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> 1 is the 400 a 6.6 liter?  
> 2 ive read they had cooling issues. what are they?  
> 3 what did chevy call the engine ( for example ls1/lt1) if anything at all.  
> 4 i read if you put a 350 crank in a 400 block it will be destroked to a 377 . do you still use all of the other stock 400 parts and just bolt the 350 crank to the 400 rods and pistons and cam and run it? or do you have to change more than just the crank?
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> that should do it for now.

1 yes  
2thin cyl walls will over heat to much in a 3rd gen f-body!  
3 gen1 small block  
4 yes ,it we be a 383,cam what ever u choose

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