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Re: 440 in a 68-72 GM A body.
[Re: wyldebill]
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01/15/13 03:11 PM
01/15/13 03:11 PM
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Cincinnati, Ohio
d7cook
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Pass side been done for a while.  When I went to rebuild my 526 short block for the Victor heads I found the crank was broke. So I decided to put a 440 rotating assembly in the block to get going. I finally realized that the Victors are way too much for a flat top 440 so I bought a set of Performers that I'll get CNC'd and put on it. I built the headers with enough room to work with the raised port and the standard port now I just need to get the motor built. 
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1967 Coronet, 1989 Daytona tube chassis.
Former cars, 66 Charger, 67 R/T, 69 Coronet, 67 Dart GT.
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Re: 440 in a 68-72 GM A body.
[Re: d7cook]
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07/17/13 01:15 AM
07/17/13 01:15 AM
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Las Vegas, NV
dodgeboy11
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I think I know who you're talking about. It was going in a Riv wasn't it. The aluminum blocks I've seen are nice. They come in stock and race versions. The stock version doesn't really fix the oiling issue, the race block is 50% more than a KB and add in the custom crank, cam, etc and it's stupid expensive. Besides that I have some issues with the guy who makes them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5E6OcC3Gq4
This was the car. They toasted the 455 at Bonneville after this run. This engine also had all the tricks performed on it: girdle, machined oil passages under the main bearings to help oil keep oil to the rods, etc. I really think the poor guy ran out of money on it. The block had issues, the place I used to work for, we were going to do some R&D on the block to help everyone out, but never got around to it (always seemed to happen there). It was just so overpriced and crazy, he should have just put a BBC in it and be done. Racing the car is a lot more fun than looking at it half done and knowing you need a ton more money and time to finish it "right". Wish I had taken some pictures of it when I was there. Actually got tired of looking at it. Kept having to push the car in and out of the shop because it was in the way for other work that needed done. I hate pushing cars.
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Re: 440 in a 68-72 GM A body.
[Re: dodgeboy11]
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07/27/13 02:13 AM
07/27/13 02:13 AM
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Cincinnati, Ohio
d7cook
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The SuperBeeUICK made it to TNT tonight. 11.11 at 120. It has max wedge ported performer heads, 10.50-1 compression and was all street legal except for 9in slicks. Hopefully now I can start tuning and tweaking to get it into the 10.90's.
Last edited by d7cook; 07/27/13 02:14 AM.
1967 Coronet, 1989 Daytona tube chassis.
Former cars, 66 Charger, 67 R/T, 69 Coronet, 67 Dart GT.
-Banned for life from V8Buick.com-
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Re: 440 in a 68-72 GM A body.
[Re: d7cook]
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07/27/13 11:13 AM
07/27/13 11:13 AM
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Brookeville, Md
Mr.Yuck
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The SuperBeeUICK made it to TNT tonight. 11.11 at 120. It has max wedge ported performer heads, 10.50-1 compression and was all street legal except for 9in slicks. Hopefully now I can start tuning and tweaking to get it into the 10.90's.
Good job, hope the GM boys weren't too hurt by the power plant.
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