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Eddie "HEMI" Haines...good or bad Hemi builder??? #1323782
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Hi, I'm thinking about having Eddie Haines build my 426 Hemi engine. He goes by the name, Hemi Haines in Ormond Beach near Daytona, Florida.

His website is hemihaines.com

Does anyone know of him enough to recommend him for the job? I certainly do not want to just hand over something that expensive without knowing if he is legitimate or not. I have never heard of him, and I have owned Mopars since 1975.
I appreciate any opinions of him. Thanks!

Re: Eddie "HEMI" Haines...good or bad Hemi builder??? [Re: Hooligan] #1323783
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Have you talked to Dan at Performance Only?I would think he would be aware of him and any rep.

Re: Eddie "HEMI" Haines...good or bad Hemi builder??? [Re: gch] #1323784
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dont know the Haines guy..

but I will recomend Dan at 'Performance Only' for that build.


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Re: Eddie "HEMI" Haines...good or bad Hemi builder??? [Re: Hooligan] #1323785
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I have not heard of Dan at Performance Only either. Now I feel sheltered. Hah!

Thanks, where is he located? I am near Tampa, Florida

Re: Eddie "HEMI" Haines...good or bad Hemi builder??? [Re: Hooligan] #1323786
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I have not heard of Dan at Performance Only either. Now I feel sheltered. Hah!

Thanks, where is he located? I am near Tampa, Florida




Well you haven't heard of me either I don't think Performance Plus Cylinder Head and I build Chrysler engines as well. You can bring it to me but I'm in Southern, IL. Don't just take it to anyone go talk with them first and look at their shop and the way they present themself before jumping into anything. Hemi Haines may do some building and may do you a good job but I don't see any shop equipment on his web-site only a run in stand in the drive way. I believe Dan would be the guy to take your engine too.

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Re: Eddie "HEMI" Haines...good or bad Hemi builder??? [Re: MLR426] #1323787
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I bumped into the Haines website about a year ago. I haven't used him but the website has been a great reference for me when working through some issues at home with my hemi.

Re: Eddie "HEMI" Haines...good or bad Hemi builder??? [Re: Hooligan] #1323788
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I have not heard of Dan at Performance Only either. Now I feel sheltered. Hah!

Thanks, where is he located? I am near Tampa, Florida




check out DusterDaves jeep build on the truck board here on moparts.

Dan is doing the build on the SB for him.

he just did a dyno run on it.

he is in west palm beach 5 hrs away from tampa.

Re: Eddie "HEMI" Haines...good or bad Hemi builder??? [Re: scratchnfotraction] #1323789
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Dan is in DelRay beach.I would give him strong consideration and talk to him about your build.He is Performance Only on here.

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Re: Eddie "HEMI" Haines...good or bad Hemi builder??? [Re: Hooligan] #1323790
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I do know Duster Dave from his Hemi Duster days, and I really like the custom work he is doing on his Jeep.
I would like to avoid driving that far away if possible, but I'll keep Dan in mind if I can't find someone who knows about Eddie Haines. I talked to Eddie, and he uses a nearby machine shop, then assembles the engines at his house. His shop looks super clean, and he passes my test as far as Hemi knowledge goes. He will actually let me assist with the assembly part, which I would love to do...plus Daytona is an easy enough drive to accomplish that task in one day.
I'm just not comfortable about Eddie since no one so far has hear of him, which seems odd to me given how many years he claims to be building Hemis. I definitely want to use a person who has experience and success in building Hemis.
Ray Barton ripped off a friend of mine. Indy Cylinder, and John Arruzza both ripped me off in the past!

Anybody out the in Moparland know Eddie "Hemi" Haines in Daytona???!

Re: Eddie "HEMI" Haines...good or bad Hemi builder??? [Re: Hooligan] #1323791
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MY bad! you are correct, Delray Beach,Fl.

I was thinking of member challengergary for the vinyl stripes. he is WPB.

about the same ride to delray or daytona.IMO

after seeing your project,I understand why and how you feel about selecting the 'right engine builder' for your engine.


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Re: Eddie "HEMI" Haines...good or bad Hemi builder??? [Re: scratchnfotraction] #1323792
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Ive said it before and Ill say it again, DAN IS THE MAN!! He is awesome, and the work is top notch.

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Re: Eddie "HEMI" Haines...good or bad Hemi builder??? [Re: scratchnfotraction] #1323793
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It's good to hear from you Scratchin'! I have to show you the new mods to my Midnight Express! My camera just took a dump on me though. I see no one has mentioned Dan Dvorak machine in Waldo, Fl. His name is pretty much mud everywhere!

I'll be going to the Garlits show on Saturday...I've got some D150 questions for you!

BTW...what map are you using? It's 2 hours to Daytona and 4 hours to Delray Beach in a Mopar! Hah!

Re: Eddie "HEMI" Haines...good or bad Hemi builder??? [Re: Hooligan] #1323794
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I hope to make it to garlits.

kool,been working on the midnight express have you.

I just fixed the trans leaks on the stepside. it only has been leaking about 4 yrs.

give me a call close to sat/garlits I want to see member Russ while there to pick up a steer colum for the 440 truck.

Re: Eddie "HEMI" Haines...good or bad Hemi builder??? [Re: Hooligan] #1323795
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I do know Duster Dave from his Hemi Duster days, and I really like the custom work he is doing on his Jeep.
I would like to avoid driving that far away if possible, but I'll keep Dan in mind if I can't find someone who knows about Eddie Haines. I talked to Eddie, and he uses a nearby machine shop, then assembles the engines at his house. His shop looks super clean, and he passes my test as far as Hemi knowledge goes. He will actually let me assist with the assembly part, which I would love to do...plus Daytona is an easy enough drive to accomplish that task in one day.
I'm just not comfortable about Eddie since no one so far has hear of him, which seems odd to me given how many years he claims to be building Hemis. I definitely want to use a person who has experience and success in building Hemis.
Ray Barton ripped off a friend of mine. Indy Cylinder, and John Arruzza both ripped me off in the past!

Anybody out the in Moparland know Eddie "Hemi" Haines in Daytona???!




Well did you ask him what shop he uses near by ? He could be hauling parts down to Dan.

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OK..I still have your number. I just PM'd Russ for a manual steering box, but he was fresh out of them! (sigh)
I have a coffee pot under my rear main seal leak...no lie!

I'm going outside now to figure out how to hang my spare under the bed...should have took pictures! Doah! That's right, my camera went to Crapsville!!!

Later, Steve

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I have no horse in this race, but Dan Dvorak has been building and racing Max Wedges for years and is in Florida, I'd look into that or maybe someone on the board has some experience - www.dvorakmachine.com

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Re: Eddie "HEMI" Haines...good or bad Hemi builder??? [Re: Hooligan] #1323798
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Hi, I'm thinking about having Eddie Haines build my 426 Hemi engine. He goes by the name, Hemi Haines in Ormond Beach near Daytona, Florida.

His website is hemihaines.com

Does anyone know of him enough to recommend him for the job? I certainly do not want to just hand over something that expensive without knowing if he is legitimate or not. I have never heard of him, and I have owned Mopars since 1975.
I appreciate any opinions of him. Thanks!




I took a quick look at his website. They have a section, "Build A Late Model Hemi Engine". Looking at the pictures, I began to wonder if it is common practice to hone the hemi block without the top row of four bolts installed in the torque plate? I noticed that he uses studs in the heads, perhaps there are bolts or studs installed from the bottom that are not visable.

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The nicest thing I can say about Dan Dvorak is that he is a total wack-job with a bad reputation! Every sentence that comes out of his mouth contains the F-bomb! I wouldn't trust him with my wiper motor!
However, I appreciate your effort.

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Yes, you are correct. That is a Hemi block in the picture, and the top row of head bolts are attached from the underside in the valley. Good eye!

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I have Dan at Performance Only building me a blown 588" Hemi. Dan is an excellent person to deal with.

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