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Re: 440 Source kit update part 1 [Re: moparniac] #569698
01/08/10 09:37 AM
01/08/10 09:37 AM
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Central New York
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Crybaby440
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Here is my conlcusion on this whole deal! 493dart and others have had good success and "thousands" other and many have complained maybe "thousands" as well! cost at this point I dont care anymore. What I see for anyone here its always been a gamble either way! I am not gonna let my dad buy from a source kit! however good look to all who run them as I would never want a fail for a mopar brother....




I will bet that will break their hearts!!!!


If the MODS did their job I would not be hitting the notify MOD button. LOL
Re: 440 Source kit update part 1 [Re: DaveDudek] #569699
01/08/10 10:08 AM
01/08/10 10:08 AM
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Northeast Georgia
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Northeast Georgia
Everytime there is a 440source post you have people come out of the wood work to bash them and complain 90% have never seen a 440source product much less used one. I have been running a 440source kit since 05 I have run as fast as 9.96 in a 3400lb car and hit 7000rpm every weekend for 4 years with no issues from any of Brandons parts. I can't say that about my Indy heads, rockers, dynamic converter, engine block or my MSD ignition but those are other stories. I also have the aluminum water pump with no issues. My crank rod pistons etc. have never been touched, I had my machinist check everything when he ballaced the assembly and thats it. If you want the real story on 440source parts listen to all the people who run his stuff and post not the peanut gallery. Before Brandon showed up stroker kits were twice what they are now it is directly because of him we have all these other companys now offering "budget stroker kits" and more choices on where to spend our $$$$.

Re: 440 Source kit update part 1 [Re: 440sourcedotcom] #569700
01/08/10 10:16 AM
01/08/10 10:16 AM
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Ontario,Canada
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top fuel
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This reminds me of a similar post a couple months ago about our water pump housing. Some self proclaimed moparts "expert" analysed our water pump housing and found the ports to be smaller than he would have liked. Right away, he posted how our housing would without a doubt cause the engine to overheat because of the smaller passages. Well, I personally run one of those housings on my own car, and I'd never had any kind of overheating problem, so I thought it was a bit strange. So, I looked up our sales data, and it turns out we've sold many thousands of those same housings over the last 3 years and we've not heard of any overheating problems caused by them. Even if 1% of the people who bought those housings had an overheating problem caused by them, that would still be hundreds of calls we would have received about the problem, so we definitely would have known about it.

Just another instance of how an "expert" can take one look at a perfect good and proven part, and then post on here how it can't possibly work.







That would be me Mr 440 Source....no expert, just a hobbyist builder who's been at it for 30 years. I can tell you that without a doubt that waterpump & housing was THE problem. I didn't find it initially....a REAL engine builder did. You might have heard of him....Fast68Plymouth aka Dwayne Porter.

Don't want to rehash old news but in a nutshell my cruise engine temps dropped 25* when i re-installed the factory housing & Milodon pump. My Buddy member Blown68 reinstalled his factory housing & cast iron pump and noticed a dramatic drop in temps as well. Draw your own conclusions

We won't talk about the 440 Source timing cover that leaked like a sieve. Turns out it wasn't flat and was leaking around the dowl holes.



Ron

Re: 440 Source kit update part 1 [Re: TS3303] #569701
01/08/10 10:24 AM
01/08/10 10:24 AM
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I Win
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no comment I have no real experience.

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Engine builders who have real experience, (and I'm talking about builders who have built thousands of engines over decades)




thousands would be 2000+
that would be an engine a day for 5 1/2 years
or one per week for 38 1/2 years.






exactly , typical marketing 101 condescending BS from the spin miester ...



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