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440 rebuild kits #629081 03/02/10 05:55 PM 03/02/10 05:55 PM
Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 324 GA R roy2345 OP enthusiast
roy2345 OP enthusiast R Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 324 GA	Would any of you guys use these kits for basically a street driven engine? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chrysler-...sQ5fAccessories http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/DODGE-383...sQ5fAccessories

Re: 440 rebuild kits [Re: roy2345] #629082 03/02/10 07:40 PM 03/02/10 07:40 PM
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WILD BILL Senior Member of the Junior Dragster Club Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 10,542 BROOK PARK, OH	A lot of money for some unkown parts. I wouldn't

Re: 440 rebuild kits [Re: roy2345] #629083 03/02/10 08:49 PM 03/02/10 08:49 PM
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moparmojo master Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 2,587 missouri, USA	check out Summit on line. They usually have reasonable prices and you will at least know what you are buying. I think they even have stuff similar to that price range.

Re: 440 rebuild kits [Re: moparmojo] #629084 03/02/10 09:10 PM 03/02/10 09:10 PM
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DaytonaTurbo Too Many Posts Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 21,318 Manitoba, Canada	pawinc.com they've been in the rebuild business forever. Give them a call they can put together a rebuild kit for you for a decent price, plus name brand parts and you get to choose what you want.

Re: 440 rebuild kits [Re: DaytonaTurbo] #629085 03/02/10 09:51 PM 03/02/10 09:51 PM
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roy2345 OP enthusiast R Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 324 GA	ok...so these kits over priced? will look more 2morrow. thanks fellas

Re: 440 rebuild kits [Re: roy2345] #629086 03/02/10 10:35 PM 03/02/10 10:35 PM
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DaytonaTurbo Too Many Posts Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 21,318 Manitoba, Canada	You should be more concerned with the brand and part # of parts your're getting than the price. +/- a few hundred dollars is small potatoes in the grand scheme of a motor rebuild. But you do want to know exactly WHICH pistons, bearings, etc you are getting.

Re: 440 rebuild kits [Re: DaytonaTurbo] #629087 03/03/10 12:44 AM 03/03/10 12:44 AM
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roy2345 OP enthusiast R Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 324 GA	my cylinder walls are really good. I don't think it has to be bored. The engine was not knocking. Can I reuse the pistons and hone the block? Let the builder recondition the rods and balance everything and put it back together with new cam and lifters? Would this be safe and save me money?

Re: 440 rebuild kits [Re: roy2345] #629088 03/03/10 12:56 AM 03/03/10 12:56 AM
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DaytonaTurbo Too Many Posts Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 21,318 Manitoba, Canada	Quote: my cylinder walls are really good. I don't think it has to be bored. The engine was not knocking. Can I reuse the pistons and hone the block? Let the builder recondition the rods and balance everything and put it back together with new cam and lifters? Would this be safe and save me money? I did the backyard hone'n're-ring to mine. I pulled out the pistons/rods, cleaned the ring grooves, honed the cylinders with my drill-hone(deglazer), oiled the cylinders with wd40 and slid the pistons back in. Left the stock bearings, put in a hi-vol oil pump, hardened oil pump drive shaft and 7 quart oil pan/pickup. Then I installed the new cam/lifters and timing chain set. New gaskets everywhere and a fresh coat of paint. IMO if you're not going to have it checked, bored and new aftermarket pistons installed there's no point in having a machine shop look at the rods and no point in rebalancing if you're still running your original pistons.

Re: 440 rebuild kits [Re: DaytonaTurbo] #629089 03/03/10 01:02 AM 03/03/10 01:02 AM
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roy2345 OP enthusiast R Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 324 GA	I wonder will the shop put this engine together without buying new pistons. I don't mind the new main and rod bearings and rings. Just not bore the cylinders so I can reuse pistons. Do you think that would cut down the cost from the machine shop? Or should I go ahead and bore it and put he new pistons in? They were reusing the rods anyways.......just curious

Re: 440 rebuild kits [Re: DaytonaTurbo] #629090 03/03/10 02:19 AM 03/03/10 02:19 AM
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roy2345 OP enthusiast R Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 324 GA	Quote: You should be more concerned with the brand and part # of parts your're getting than the price. +/- a few hundred dollars is small potatoes in the grand scheme of a motor rebuild. But you do want to know exactly WHICH pistons, bearings, etc you are getting. Pistons-silvolite Rings-hastings Bearings-king Timing/oil pump-melling Gaskets-victor renz Input on these parts? They are in the rebuild kit

Re: 440 rebuild kits [Re: roy2345] #629091 03/03/10 02:46 AM 03/03/10 02:46 AM
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DaytonaTurbo Too Many Posts Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 21,318 Manitoba, Canada	Really depends what you want out of it. If you're dead set on having a machine shop do everything, they won't want to put the old pistons back in most likely. Really you should do aftermarket pistons like kb237's and have the assy balanced. It'll have better compression that stock and you'll have a much better foundation for performance. The machine shop will be able to tell you if it needs to bored out, and if so how far. When you get that info, order your pistons. For the $ the machine shop will charge you just for doing any work on your motor, you might as well be getting a set of aftermarket higher compression pistons with it.

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