I wasn't quite patient enough to dig up this thread every time I wanted to post something to it so it is spread out, somewhat.
Here is a consolidated thread list:

lower end assembly notes
Cross bolts=cross studs
Damper, FEAD, Plug wires, intake manifold and related comments
Cylinder head and valvetrain comments
Godzilla Lives: Excitement




That said: On with the ancient history



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Everyone loves pics, right? lol...Mine aren't the best, but it's just for fun and I have nothing to prove....just trying to keep some content happening in a world seemingly filled with distractions.

Won't bore everyone with the story of how this came to be, but I've been very slowly collecting parts for a long time. The project stopped and started several times but the basic concept lived on (the concept is nothing detailed: a Great big dumb hemi, pump gas, not much more) it's close enough now to give it a push.

Right now I'm trying to figure out some of the parts combo but most decisions have been made.

Installed a couple mains to check crank runout + mocked it up without rings to get a visual of internal clearances (rods to cam, rods to block/bottom of cylinders and so on), no issues found.

This is 4.500 and I can definitely see where the next steps up in stroke and/or larger journal rods would start to cause interference...

The Milodon stroker windage tray seems to me kind of...exaggerated...
I know it's supposed to work fine and all just not sure I care for it being quite that far from the crank/just the way it's made. Looking at other options, full length is appealing. Screens and scrapers are appealing. There's definitely no big rush to slam it together.

Planning a tried and true m63hv pump but undecided on oil pickup. If I go external I'm thinking single line static should be all right. I am thinking about using the -12 external port in the block but it seems that runs the fitting pretty close to the lower rad hose.

Few more unanswered questions and decisions to make here and there, it's all part of the fun. But it seems ready to send out for balancing now.

These blocks kept changing all the time. This is one of the earlier blocks before they started tapping the mains for slide hammer...
I gotta remember to drill and tap this one just to make it easier to service. The caps have a slight interference fit to the crossbolt bosses and fit really tight, and you really can't wiggle them around very much to get them out without messing up a dowel.

all for now...

You need to buy or borrow a couple of different windage trays to see what works. The Milodon stroker one is super deep and I've never run into a combination that actually needed it. I use the standard Milodon windage tray with 4.25 stroke and 2.20 rod journals. There are a couple of other windage trays on the market so you can mix and match until you find one that fits.

You'll need to decide on oil pickup before you figure out the windage tray though since those things rarely play well with each other on a stroker.

I'd highly recommend staying with an internal pickup. Do you know what pan you're going to use? For a street car I'd stay with the factory Hemi pan. For heavy duty street use and some track time I'd use a Milodon road race pan if it fits for you. It is expensive but it should fit in your car and it will work really well without hanging down low. The external systems are expensive and a hassle.

never tire of pics.
I have never tried these guys , but I like what I see..........
https://crank-scrapers.com/Chrysler_B_RB.html

Same here. Std stroke Milodon tray with a 4.25 arm and 2.20 rods. I'm using a "small" girdle too, which moves the tray away from the rotating assy too.

No upper thrust bearing in your mock up?

No number 2,3,or 4 bearings or caps, deliberately, at this point.
Following training from the late 80s, I guess it's probably not what anyone does anymore(?). I don't have v blocks and have always done it this way.

Don't know on the pan or pickup yet, will probably not be anything too fancy. Agreed I need more stuff to just check out and see how I like....

Internal pickup looks like no problem, might try it.

That's the crank scraper I use.

You can send Kevin a template and he'll cut you one from that. Then you can hand tweak it for a precision fit. I pinned my girdle and scrapper to the block.

The bottom of the bore edge looks sharp, I like to chamfer them.

I wouldn't bother with a scraper for this project. It is a bunch of work for a small gain. With a 4.5 stroke Hemi in a B body car you don't really care about that last 1/10 of a hp. Put it together as simple as possible. You'll enjoy it more in the long run and you'll never miss the tiny bit of power that you leave on the table.

I would think that this scraper set up would control windage better than a tray......they also show a baffle for the back of the pan to help keep oil off the crank under acceleration.
Horsepower gains are a result of oil control , but the priority is to control oil........yes ?
Is there enough oil control with a tray that it mitigates any benefit of the scraper ?

Therin lies my conundrum, I've heard about some 4.5 stroke combos with street pans having high rpm oil pressure issues. Windage/air? Then there's also the group who says 2 quarts of oil are in each valve cover at high rpm....

I do prefer simple as possible, for sure. Always have.

A big stroke engine will have a lot of windage at high RPM, no doubt about that. But you're building a street engine so 98% of the time you won't have any issue. When you take it to the track you'll just have to make sure that you have a couple of really good breathers in the valve covers. For street use you should be fine with a PCV on one side and a good breather on the other side.

My point is that if it is a street engine then don't spend a bunch of time and money trying to fix the 2% problem. You need a big pan to control the windage and/or a vacuum pump but neither of those are good solutions for a street car so you're just kind of stuck.

The Milodon road race pan is probably the best compromise. It has a fair amount of internal volume but it doesn't hang down very low. If you buy some good valve covers which have proper baffling for a PCV as well as a place to mount some high volume breathers then you should be okay. I don't know if such an animal exists or not but you can get sheet metal valve covers and then weld #12 AN bungs on them for screw in breathers or use AN lines over to the core support for a Moroso 3 qt remote breather tank.

My 572 is not a street engine. Runs a screen w/o scraper. The oil level is aprox 2" below the factory full level. 6.5 qts in the sump is enough to keep the pickup covered with a good pan up to 7300. This is with a thicker rotor (+.100"? rotor thickness) Melling pump with a single line feed Indy cover.
Doug

Thanks Doug. I like the idea of a screen, or a full length tray that fits tighter.

You know we love the pics (so keep them coming)! Sorry if I'm late to the party, but what is the build for? Projected power and purpose?

it'd probably be fine with a 6 pack pan. I have a Milodon repro on hand to check. I want to take a minute and see where the oil level is relative to the rotating assy sticking out the bottom to get an idea if I'll like it.

I'd like to drop the nose of the car a little and make the front end work better/get more upward travel out of it. Admitting a past error, my current best passes were with literally zero upward travel because the shocks were topped out. I fixed that long ago but haven't got around to running it again yet.

The deep windage tray is too deep to fit a reproduction 6-pack / hemi type oil pan. If you have a main stud girdle it will space a shallower windage tray away from the crank.

Hi Tony, taking baby steps towards a 572ci Street Hemi, eventual upgrade for the old Plymouth. More accurate to say street/strip but I will just stop there knowing you're very familiar with that whole deal (if you're not careful...next thing you know, it's a race car).



Good info, thanks.
If I go with a 7" deep pan then that tray will work.

Being cross bolted, I was thinking nobody made a girdle.

Your build looks similar to the one I did a few years ago.

Looks like a Mopar Performance/World block.

Being able to run an internal oil pick up depends on if you are running a 2.375 rod size rod journal or a 2.20.

I was running a 2.375 size rod journal.
With that size the bolt in oil pick up adapter won't clear.

There are threads here on Moparts about it.

I was using a 70-71 Street Hemi oil pan.

I ended up using a static/fixed oil pickup and feeding in to the AN boss on the front of the block.



The engine had a Keith Black 4.5 stroke billet crank.
I used a 440 Source windage tray for stroker engines.
They have 2 available now.
http://store.440source.com/Windage-Tray-Stroker-New/productinfo/127%2D1002/


The other one is curved to follow the crank.
http://store.440source.com/Windage-Tray-Competition-Style/productinfo/127%2D1021/

Hey SNK, I was looking at the curved tray.

Which tray are you using in the reproduction hemi pan?
You have 4.500 stroke I presume?
What's your total fill and max rpm?

Pls feel free to PM if that is preferable.

The one I am doing has 2.200 journals.

Thx, Rich

Nice part, something to work with.
http://store.440source.com/Windage-Tray-Competition-Style/productinfo/127-1021/

The curved one from 440 source will not work with the hemi,440 six pack pan.

Thanks, good info.

Of course part of me wants to see how far off it is/whether I could work with it.

Nice! No adding 509 cam and 1.8 rockers for you. Going right for the jugular with the monster hemi, I like it! Looking forward to hearing how it turns out

I have a girdle and std stroke Milodon full length tray hanging on the wall if you want to mock stuff up.

That World block doesn't need a girdle. Should be good for a couple thousand HP as is.

Hey thanks. I put a production type MP tray in the mule 440 (I call it that because it's still kicking) and a milodon in the 451, but other than the deep milodon one....no extras. I might accept the tray loan even though the girdle won't be used. Will keep looking
at it and develop a plan. Of course, plans are always subject to change (This started as a low compression 528).

AndyF,

Thank you for this info, I bought the 440source welded aluminum valve covers and was wondering how exactly to handle this problem. I appreciate your knowledge and willingness to help people, i wish everyone on this board would follow your example. Sorry to the OP for the hijack

Just let me know.

Of course you don't need a girdle, just a possible means to an end. It would simply be for mock up, clearance check and maybe some ideas. I think the thickness of the girdle will give you everything your trying to accomplish. Full length tray, up tight to the rotating assy, hemi oil pan, and a nice fit in the car.

Just an idea.

collecting info.

Biggest detail is 1 and 3/16 stick out.
I'd like to create a little bit more space between the oil and the rods sticking out. With this pan and a 6qt fill, the oil seems a little too close to the rods for a windage tray/screen to even have much effect.

confirmed, the extra deep tray is no good with that pan.

I think what I'd like more is a 1"+ deeper repro pan, like 6".
I always believed that is what some of the f.a.s.t. cars appear to have...or used to...years ago I noticed some of them hang down below the K member but only slightly. Or alternately, I could shorten a 7" pan which would be easier because the sump is more squared off on most of them.

It has light interference at the pickup tube adapter, I think I can fix that. Although external is so easy with this block because of the hole in front, it's tempting to try that instead.

Will brainstorm awhile longer. I know I don't want a super stock pan with the center link poking through it.

Hey no need to apologize, pick up any ideas you possibly can from any source, it's all good.

I ran AN lines to a breather tank on my Wedge engine back in 2001

Over a period of time, though, I got tired of the clutter underhood and found it was not needed on that engine, tested up to 7000. Instead I went to OEM replacement 1970 era grommets and matching OE style breathers. Those paired up with baffles inside the valve covers is all it seems to need. But...that was a 3.75 stroke engine.....

Thank you very much.

Here's a link to a previous post about oil pickup clearance.

There are links in the posts and some pics.

https://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/ubbt...tml#Post1266967

LOL, yes I know. And c'mon now...you know that I know

Just being diplomatic for a second.

thanks

It looks like you want to go very fast Zippy !! Good luck with the build. Ron

Nice info in your oil pan pic. Thanks.

For oil to rotating assy clearance, the 4.50 stroke is probably only 5/16" lower (closer) than a std stroke 440 if you're using the 2.20 rod journal.

Zippy,

I had commented on someone else's build that from their pics the windage tray itself was going to be sitting at the oil level....then some other poster pointed out that the oil will not be at that level while the motor is running. I understand deep pans help, but it is worth considering that you may have more separation than you are thinking.

Dave

FWIW, I like to consider that too (i.e. the level will be lower when the motor is running), and that it is not sitting level either. I figure that if the oil is at the crank at the back of the motor when stationary and not running, and if the tray is up close to the crank, it'll all be good. No proof though.

I will say that with full time unrestricted oiling to the valve gear, loose bearing clearances and 0W-30W oil, I've never had a problem with oil pressure up to 6800 rpm.

Yes to all, agree with the thought process and was headed down that road. It's pretty well known folks have overfilled for many years with no adverse effects. I do like to know where I'm starting from.

Since I probably won't engine dyno it, the logical thing to do is put a sight tube on it and put a camera under the car on chassis dyno to really know where the oil level is.

I admit the hardest thing for me to consider is the vehicle moving/dynamic environment. It's easier to imagine it sitting static.

Will play around with a few ideas and figure something out, I have an idea which combination(s) to look at next.

Thanks for the encouraging comments!

Thanks for this info zippy, I have a 451 which IIRC was what you had too. The valve covers I’m using don’t have baffles in them and if I have to weld on them I may as well weld in the bungs now. At some point the 451 will become a spare and the valve covers will move to the new engine.

Anytime. I actually still really like my 451 and want to keep running it for awhile. In this day of aftermarket parts I think it ran pretty well considering it was built on a broke musician's budget (et and mph in signature, alot more left).

That was the case with my 572 wedge that Dwayne built a few years back. Tried the street hemi pan/windage tray/internal pickup. On the dyno it was losing oil pressure as the rpms climbed. Dwayne wasn't happy and we went with a Charlies pan with dual pickups....one line to the pump and the other to the port on the front of the block. Dwayne surmised that the long arm was creating (excessive) windage which was wreaking havoc with the oil control. Going off memory the problem began to appear just past 5000rpm on the dyno and oil pressure continued to drop all the way to the 6200rpm redline.

Worked like a charm with the new oiling system....rock solid oil pressure on the dyno and in the car running down the track. No windage tray....just a screen that is built-in to the Charlie's pan.

Cool project Zippy !!



Ron

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Ron I remember that, and our short conversation on the phone back then about the mp block deal.

I've been asking around and have excellent input from both deep pan and shallow pan users, all long time moparts members.

No issues with mine up to 7900 on the dyno. I didn't want the big & low typical Mopar sump oil pan on the street & wheel stands crushing it. I went with the flat bottom dragster pan & dual external lines & I run a tubular K frame to clear it.

I've watched all your posts 6pk, thanks for the input.

It will have a stock or near stock/reinforced K frame for the time being.

If somebody gave me another K frame to modify I would be OK with the old familiar cutting and boxing for a little more clearance, but I am not going to deliberately chase that.

Zippy It's been a while, but if I remember right, there is a stock hemi pan that holds 6 quarts. You can overfill it by a quart or 2, because the hemi holds a lot of oil upstairs when it is running. I modifyed a stock pan by extending the front of the sump forward about an inch, and lowered the bottom of it about 1.5". I was trying to keep stock proportions and a stock look. It added about a quart, maybe 2, to the capacity. I like to use a crank scraper from Ishihara-Johnson. Another thing you can do is mount tubes in the crankcase, where the top of the tube covers the drainback hole from the head, and the bottom of the tube hangs into the pan. This keeps the drainback oil from the heads off the crankshaft.

https://imgur.com/a/m1Ppjkd

Thanks for repeating the info here Joel, it helps the whole community.

Also thanks again for confirming f.a.s.t. setup, the pans on similar vehicles always looked just slightly bigger as they usually hang down below the K member just slightly.

Will be ordering a couple pieces to play with which should help me decide.

do you modify the stock oil pickup when doing this?

Even with a modified sump you can squish them

I used a milodon pickup for an 8 quart pan, but I cut itt shorter and re-threaded it.

Hey Rich,

I tried to attach a few pics but the link didn't work. Send me your e-mail if you want me to send a few pics.

The Charlies pan is a 10qt and I run 9 qts as per Dwayne's recommendations. The fabbed aluminum pan is not a deep sump....hangs a few inches below the K-frame. I have a 2in skid plate that I've been meaning to weld on.....will get to it this season. The pan is long and the center link passes through the pan so it takes a bit more effort to remove the engine. I had to do some minor clearancing on the steering box mount to clear the -12 90* fitting on the back of the oilpump cover. Other than that it went in pretty easy.

That Charlies pan is very nice with lots of baffles/trap doors and built in screen. I wouldn't hesitate to go this route again if I was building a 4.5in stroke deal.



Ron

thanks Ron, I'd love to check it out, all info is appreciated and could come in handy later.

rhwang3 @ yahoo dot com

To start with I'm going to try a traditional deep sump without the centerlink hole, (have an idea for changes to the shape of the pan) and will see how that works. I have an idea for windage tray/screen that I want to try out also.

I've had a Moroso deep pan on the car since 2001 and never smashed it, however that may be only because I haven't tried hard enough

Great input from all, many of them only in PM....many thanks.

Ok, here is my junk, no hoses for the suction line, its a -12 solid line
the first pics were the interference with a Hemi mount and oil pump suction lines...

Ok, this is what I had to make work:
Milodon road race pan, -12 rigid line and Al Debevic had to make a custom motor mount to clear the fuel pump on the other side.

Here is what I started out with rockers, factory wide pads, Dvorak Stands and standard height valve, comp 959 spring, Titanium retainers, .080 tall lash caps.

Here are some more but I cant seem to attach them

Aha...thank you.

The shot with the radiator hose is the one I wanted to see. It's tight but looks like it works. I am going to try internal for openers but if it doesn't work out, using that hole in the front of the block is the fall back plan.

Sure, internal pickup or the hole in the front of the block is slightly more restrictive than an external line right to the pump cover but it seems windage is the bigger problem rather than oil delivery. I'm hoping one of these will be the right comprimise for a street/strip app.

Valvetrain looks like a future source of entertainment!

Fill the pan and mark the stick for the amount in the pan itself. You may start with 9 quarts in the motor and only see 7-7 1/2 in the pan after you run it once when new. This way you always know the true pan level. Then you can experiment. With my Charlies pan the stock dipstick hits the bottom of the pan where there is no oil, sump is further rearward and deep. Dragster pans can actually allow a lot of oil to climb up the back of the block on accell unless there is a significant amount of baffling.
Doug

Hi Doug, Yes sir I have encountered that before after first start up with others. They hold quite a bit that can't be easily drained.

May not need to mark the stick as the style I decided on traditionally reads 1 qt overfilled with 7 quarts in it...but will test and find out. Marking the stick and all is part of the plan if needed + I'm going to make provisions for a sight tube so I can get a visual of the oil level at higher rpm.

I'm assuming these pictures are with the valve fully closed, correct? If so are you concerned on the contact of the rocker arm pad on the inner edge of the lash caps?
I am
Hemiroid motors

Pics seem hard to post for so many. From email and for info purposes, here's a shot of Ron's 572 showing the pan that was swapped on, right after the high rpm oil pressure issues were found with the reproduction street hemi pan. I really like the shallow depth/ground clearance of this one.

For the time being I'm going to try to avoid centerlink pass-through and external lines, but it's good to know what works and it's all there if I need it later.

I like the hard line made idea from the pump to the pan. I should have done something like that on mine. Between the -12 180 degree fitting I used & the -20 An fittings I used on my water pump & radiator it made for some tight clearances.

My pan: Trap door hanging from the rear lower face of the tie rod hole blocks oil to front on shut down. Baffle at the top of the oil pan rail to keep oil from climbing up the rear of the pan. Single line swinging pickup. The oil level with 6.5 qts in the pan is at the bottom of the tie rod hole (4.5" below the pan rail).
Doug

Great info on this thread. Reminds me of the old days here! Thanks

Doug - I am guessing based on the drawing your engine is moved back about 1.5 inches??

Amen Rich!!

Motor placement was years ago. As I remember it is up about 3/4" and back about 1".
Doug

6PKRTSE: I don't mean to hijack this thread but I do have a couple of questions. I assume that the Hemi in the picture is your engine. Could you tell how much horsepower and torque you made on the dyno? I have a friend looking at an advertised Hemi that they are claiming makes 1349hp and 850tq. Have no real info on the engine.

Thank you

Thread hijacks are encouraged

Oiling again.... blacksmith skills required but I was prepared. Side of the pan interfered with both the pickup and the stick, had to heat and provide clearance here and there. Pickup location is different because of the different block. Ordered a couple windage trays from 440 s@urce to try, and after checking them out believe I will probably modify a traditional style tray slightly to fit.

Being header-equipped I didn't see the point in a fancy stick, so
I made do. Research brings up numerous threads here how this simple part seems to frustrate folks.

An early present showed up, the Crane 420 circle track roller I was asking about on another thread. It's from B@rton's stash sold through a 3rd party. It checked out perfectly.

Don't make fun of my little degree wheel lol. I had a larger one but I loaned it out, and it never came back (thanks alot, Roy). Smaller wheel is harder to read. It works fine but it's best to triple check. Crane lifter (sitting on top) won't work...tie bars hits the block on the base circle. Comp 829 fits fine and will probably get the nod.

Intake centerline came out to 110, Crane calls for 107 on this grind With 572ci I'm not sure I need to worry about advancing the cam. Considering trying it as is. Any input?

do you want to be able to spin the hind tires anytime you want?
If so advance that rascal to 105 ILC
if not put it in at 111 to 113 to kill the bottom end and trade that for top RPM pulling increases

You're making progress. I try to keep one of everything on hand so I can check fit and function when building a new combination. Looks like you're doing the same thing. Some parts work with some parts but not with others so you just have to try them. I'm not surprised at all by the oil pickup and windage tray mods. Stroker engines always require some dinking around in that area.

The pictures are still ugly so this should fit right in.
CC'd piston tops for 1" down.

You know, it's not just measuring dome volume because there's more going on than that. These pistons have a 73cc dome but with 13cc of dead space around the edges (below the deck) + the valve reliefs, they're effectively the same as a flat at zero + 60cc dome...that's how I like to figure it anyway but my mind is pretty warped.

Dont have any finished heads ready to go but checked a beat/repairable one to ballpark it. Looks like it'll be 10.25:1 with a .040 gasket. Need to Clay piston-to-head to confirm no hemi problems.

ML are the same as CC's....For anyone wanting to do this, you need a drill, a chunk of plexiglass, a 100ml syringe from eBay, some grease and some water. It's not lab quality but will get you within 2 CC's which is plenty accurate enough for anything I'll ever do.

Cam is degreed in and corrected. I misspoke earlier, Crane calls for 107 intake centerline and that's what I went with. It's 112 straight up on both intake and exhaust, so it's confirmed 112 LSA and installed
5 degrees advanced. I've never run 112 LSA in anything "hot", but it's getting up there at .050 so maybe that will make it slightly more street friendly.

Change of heart on the oil pickup. I'm going to run single line static in this deep pan, so I took this pic to stare at and imagine the line routing. After all the dinking around with the internal pickup I just didn't like how thin I had to make it,to clear the rod.
"What if it cracks and sucks air?". It also had very little purchase into the adapter threads as well, maybe 3 threads at the most....just didn't like it.

Now with the deep pan more or less locked in, the "stroker" windage tray actually makes sense, so I'll give it a try.

Chip's considerable influence had me looking closely at the 440 source aluminum pan, but I only have steel welding capability right now and will need to change the pan somewhat, so I went with steel.

Have you decided on where the line will run yet? At some point you're going to need to get the engine in the car so you can verify clearance for the line. It has to sneak around the K frame, steering box, motor mount, headers, steering shaft, etc.

If you have a spare K frame you might be able to mock it up on the floor. That is what I do if I have the parts. Are you changing your K frame over to a Hemi style or using conversion mounts?

I'm doing the same thing right now with my Duster. I just keep adding parts and double checking to see if everything still fits and clears. It is a slow process but it is the only way to get everything packaged into the space. We don't have the luxury of having a full CAD model of all the parts like the OEM guys do.

Cam looks to be of the vintage when they(Crane) were still manufacturing billet cores.

My experience has been that the Crane cores were fairly friendly with regards to wearing out the bronze distributor gears.

I no longer use those metal windage trays. The plastic trays with a few added slots for oil drainage work great in that they have a dual lined rubber gasket built into the tray. I would love to send a pic but Moparts is does not like Apple devices

Yeah I noticed how you're mocking it up for the duster. It's funny you mention that, nowadays to do my day job...needing full CAD access to the entire vehicle for another manufacturer, I do sometimes think...how cool it would be to have the same thing for an old B body.

Sure wish I had a spare K member, but no. However I do have the car with the 451 B engine right there to look at and imagine, which helps alot. I have 2-3 ideas for where the line could be routed...decided if I don't like the routing into the hole in the front of the block, will swap to one of the black Milodon covers instead to simplify it. One of them will definitely work...A std type pump + cover would help keep the cost down.

I might regret it later, but am planning to try an AR engineering motor plate which should free up some space for the pickup hose. If I can't live with it I have a backup plan to weld tubing into the plate and use rubber bushings to soften it up a little. That would be adding some complexity that I'd rather not if I don't have to.

Thank you. Sure hope it turns out to be a good one.

Dave it's a funny thing, awhile after the 5.7 Hemi came out I was pretty fortunate to get to tear into a few of them. One detail that stood out was the composite windage tray having o-ring material built in.

I thought, how cool. somebody should make that for B engine.
Then, awhile later, someone did!

But...I don't think any of them will work with 4.500, and I sure can't cut and weld a piece of nylon into whatever I need.

Just a few pics for visual help......"till the engine is in the bay then the final positions will be known.

Hey thanks Al. My condition is normally aspirated

Research shows some folks go upward with the lines right before the pump to hold some oil (mostly due to concerns about losing prime), and others like yours go more directly from pickup to pump. Makes it hard to figure what the determining factor is...some lose prime and some don't.

I have seen those purple rocker shaft stands on Arruzza's site as well as on ebay, they are reasonably priced. How do you like them?

I collected a potpourri mixture of MP rockers, stock wide pads, and narrow pads. But lately I've had my eye on roller rockers for this engine. The OEM ones will still work for another application I have in mind, for later.

I shed 200 lbs last year and aluminum heads and rocker stands were most likely half if not more of my Jenny Craig diet.That's a whole "nuther" thread

Bought the stands from Todd.

Another tidbit,when I went to the MOPAR Performance roller tip rockers they almost NEVER need an adjustment

I found the windage tray had to be modified like cut all the way across when using a pan with a drag link tube.

Hi Rich, I am also building my first Hemi. It is for a 68 barracuda super stock clone. I am using the Vic Jr. Edelbrock heads with StageV rockers, I purchased my aluminum rocker stands from Angelucci in Macomb township
https://www.ebay.com/itm/MOPAR-426-HEMI-ROCKER-STANDS-COMPLETE-WITH-ARP-INTEGRAL-WASHERS-BOLTS-SHIMS/192741725920?hash=item2ce04d56e0:g:EtkAAOSwAwFattEz:rk:19:pf:0

Happy New year!

Hey thanks for the pics Bob, really great looking stuff.
I've had my eye on Angelucci for awhile as theirs seem closest to
the MP pieces with the pressed-in washer and all.

I have a set of the MP stands but am exploring options. May want to save them for another build later, not sure.

Rowin, good info...thx

They make a windage tray for a 4.500 stroke.. You are good to go.

One of 1,000 things I found at my past job (as you can probably tell by the 2008 packaging date) is this little gem.

Mopar (OE) PN 06035417 is a really nice 1/2-20 drain plug that has a built-in, thick rubber gasket and an thick 5/8" SAE hex. I have no idea what the orginal application was, maybe someone reading this who is at a dealership can look it up.

Contrast with the typical thin/easily rounded off aftermarket garbage which in this case has a 21mm or similar oddball hex size...I'd only use it in an emergency.

I can't remember what I was looking at, so this is gratuitous.
I see my caliper laying in the valley but have no idea what was happening. Oh well.

This head can't be used as is, so it's relegated to knock around/mockup duty.

The drain plug looks identical to what I found in my 92' 5.2 magnum. I put one in my 383.

Looking good. It takes a lot of time a patience with mocking everything up, taking it all back apart again then putting it all back together again. I don't even want to know the hours I had into mine....

their is 5 ots of oil in upper top end of a 426 hemi at 7000 rpm

I love it...That's a more alarming variation on the time honored "each valve cover holds 2 quarts of oil" statement that's been posted many times over the years

It's come up before in research.

I'm going to find out if it's true by being able to see, and record on video exactly how much oil is in the pan at 7000 rpm.

If drainback is really as horrible as the legend says, then I will repair it.

Something tells me, though, finding the correct total fill is the key.

That's why all the marks on the pan + I don't want the oil level above the windage tray except maybe when it's shut off.

NICE! build Rich...look forward to seeing it.

Zippy...the oil pickup line's inlet to the pump will be the biggest factor in your line routing. I found the best clearance is using the Milodon pump that has the pickup inlet facing the front of the car. I used a 45° fitting on the pump facing down and a 90° hose end to tuck the line close to the pan and go b/t the engine and the K frame. No need to remove it to take the engine out, doesn't wrap around anything.
Your World block has that inlet port built-in in basically the same place, just higher up. Get some different fittings and play w/ it.

Thanks Sean (hope I remembered the correct spelling!). It's been a long time coming.

Thanks again Chip. That's the plan.

On my road runner w/ the 440 in it I used a normal Melling pump w/ a Milodon cover. The rear facing pickup inlet will not work w/ stock style mount brackets on the K frame.
I used the inlet off the "top" of the cover, faces to the ground at about a 45° angle if looking from the front of the car. The line had to wrap around the K frame to get to the pan.

I'll try to get some pics of this and post them.

It dawned on me last night that I never checked rod-to-cam clearance... don't recall anyone mentioning this is a problem with the 2.200 rods...but, there's an awful lot people don't mention, and since this was my first 572 and all I went ahead and did it.

Checked the 'net and good grief, there is all kinds of advice out there on how to do it, probably the most interesting was from a guy who puts tie wraps around the cam lobes an measures the dents in the plastic...

Ended up using clay, nice and simple. No issue found.
There is well over 1/4" there, that's all I needed to know.

While I had the clay out, I also quickly looked at piston to head clearance in one hole. No issue found, it will be something over .060 in the tightest spot when done...if I remember right that's what the old direct connection book said to run LOL.

With most clearances now checked and known, might as well drop the rotator off for balancing next time I get a chance. Maybe I can get the oil pickup sorted out by the time that's done.

I really understand now why the 4.5/4.5/2.200 rod is (or was) a popular crate engine before block availability went down the toilet. Crank and rods both showed up at my door in a day and a half. Pistons, next day.
No clearance grinding needed in the block whatsoever. (I knocked some off the oil pickup adapter, but in the end just decided not to use it) It's like the path of least resistance to relatively big CI.

As dragged out as this thread probably seems, it's mostly just me being cautious, not taking anything for granted, and trying to get oiling correct on the first attempt if at all possible.

The more pics, the better. And, they don't have to be pretty!

Rich I fully appreciate you taking the time to document your adventure as I am definitely taking notes, and getting this right on the first attempt is definitely the goal. Keep the info coming

I agree. it is cool when someone does this. I could have probably written a book while machining & assembling my Hemi & all of the ups & downs while doing so. A lot of custom made parts even outside of the short block. In the end I was happy enough with the results.

Rich I couldn’t really see in your picture but do these look like the crane lifters you couldn’t use?

Thanks, Mike