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Post your Budget Motor Builds... #1419222 04/13/13 07:16 PM 04/13/13 07:16 PM
Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 153 Plant city fl 7 70Dart499 OP member
70Dart499 OP member 7 Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 153 Plant city fl	Just curious to hear some of the low budget motor builds that some of you guys are running, and what they run. Now I know this probably isn't the first thread on this, but I figured a new one cant hurt. I don't care if its a big block, small block or anything else. 1970 Dart Drag Car

Re: Post your Budget Motor Builds... [Re: 70Dart499] #1419223 04/13/13 09:47 PM 04/13/13 09:47 PM
Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 463 Rescue CA. joes68340s mopar
joes68340s mopar Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 463 Rescue CA.	1977 440 stock bore deglaze hone. Forged pistons hand polished cast crank. stock rods with arp bolts. balanced lower assembly.Deep pan enlarged oil passage. Dc 284-484 hyd cam. Stock rebuild 452 heads. Holley Street Dominator intake 750 vac holley. Adjustable pushrods. After tuning it ran in the 11.80-11.90 at 115 mph range with 3.91 gears and 28 inch slicks in a 71 Challenger. Wish I still had that car. Only draw back was a little piston knock when cold. Ran pump gas to.

Re: Post your Budget Motor Builds... [Re: 70Dart499] #1419224 04/14/13 08:46 AM 04/14/13 08:46 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,984 United Socialist States of Ame... T tboomer Too Many Posts
tboomer Too Many Posts T Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,984 United Socialist States of Ame...	Quote: Just curious to hear some of the low budget motor builds that some of you guys are running, and what they run. Now I know this probably isn't the first thread on this, but I figured a new one cant hurt. I don't care if its a big block, small block or anything else. Your sig says you have a 499..I am curious why you don't work with what you have..

Re: Post your Budget Motor Builds... [Re: tboomer] #1419225 04/14/13 09:24 AM 04/14/13 09:24 AM
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,619 Norwich CT USA Defbob master
Defbob master Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,619 Norwich CT USA	I had built a turbo motor for under $1k. I took an old 383 short block that had been lying around and reringed and new bearings installed, .040 felpro head gaskets, old iron open chamber heads with large valves, bartered tm6 intake, unwanted holley 600dp, pair of cxracing t3t4 turbos, blow off valves, wastegates, ebay blowthrough hat, boost reference a holley mechanical pump, stock replacement hydraulic cam. Went 7.30 @ 94mph in my full interior 1970 Cutlass S with stock 2.56 gear (lazy 2.0 60ft and ran out of fuel from pump around the 1/8 coasted to 13.54et)

Re: Post your Budget Motor Builds... [Re: 70Dart499] #1419226 04/14/13 10:37 AM 04/14/13 10:37 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 15,439 Val-haul-ass... eventually B BradH Taking time off to work on my car
BradH Taking time off to work on my car B Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 15,439 Val-haul-ass... eventually	What's your definition of budget? I know that there are some relatively basic engine combinations that I've run in the past that I could probably duplicate for less $$$ today, or get better results today from the same budget as a result of improved selection of parts.

Re: Post your Budget Motor Builds... [Re: 70Dart499] #1419227 04/14/13 11:05 AM 04/14/13 11:05 AM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 52,972 Romeo MI MR_P_BODY Master
MR_P_BODY Master Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 52,972 Romeo MI	The engine I have in my Rampage is a budget engine.. all the parts I had in the shop except the pistons.. I didnt have any low compression ones... is it a proper match of parts... no way but it did make 550hp and 520tq.. its a 416, 340 block, 4" stroke, roller cam(260/270 .640/.640 105lsa, W-5 heads, M-1 large port intake, TD rockers, Diamond pistons for 10.7:1, home made headers with a 518 trans behind it.... I should change out my valve springs since they are on the light side for what I'm doing... maybe in the next year I will change it over to a hyd roller or a FT cam... but it sure sounds good now.... like I said.. all the parts were laying around the shop except the pistons so I think thats a budget build 7667533-DSC00190(2).JPG (44 downloads)

Re: Post your Budget Motor Builds... [Re: MR_P_BODY] #1419228 04/14/13 01:19 PM 04/14/13 01:19 PM
Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 126 Howell,MI M Moparpoor member
Moparpoor member M Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 126 Howell,MI	440 with Kb pistons 0 deck height,stock recon rods,stock steel crank lightened,stock caps with girdle.Indy ez heads and solid roller are the only real ex spence . This a pump gas motor that pushes my 64 dodge to a best so far of 10.77@126mph Not to bad for a free block and $200 pistons and rods.Hell the whole car was pieced together with left over parts.

Re: Post your Budget Motor Builds... [Re: Moparpoor] #1419229 04/14/13 02:41 PM 04/14/13 02:41 PM
Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 429 Washington skrews mopar
skrews mopar Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 429 Washington	Budget motor is a relative term

Re: Post your Budget Motor Builds... [Re: skrews] #1419230 04/14/13 03:15 PM 04/14/13 03:15 PM
Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 429 Washington skrews mopar
skrews mopar Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 429 Washington	72 360 block, banged around so hard the front of the crank broke off. Magnum crank polished. Free Magnum rods with balance pads ground off, beams polished, ARP bolts out of one time used rods. Free Used OE LA 360 harmonic damper from scrap pile Free .040 over SealedPower 4 valve relief hypers .047 down the hole bought off Ebay with Mahle moly rings. $130 Ebay stock replacement oil pan with baffle welded in. $50 596 heads from scrap pile Free 1.88 MP valves, left overs from a 340 of mine from years ago 1.6 Milodon valves off Craigs List $35 Comp 926 springs and mystery retainers more left overs from engines past MP HD stamped rockers and replacement pushrods out of my buddies blown up 360 Free MP .484 PurpleShaft left over from engines past Iron 360 intake from scrap pile, port matched, carb pad matched to spacer/adapter, EGR crap plugged and blocked Free M/T valve covers from swap meet swapped something for 'em Did all my own machining and porting Free tested @ 28" S/F 1020 bench .........int.........exh .100...61...........48 .150...113.........84 .200...150.........114 .250...172.........134 .300...197.........148 .350...212.........159 .400...225.........165 .450...234.........169 .500...231.........172 .550...231.........173 .600...228.........175 exh tested with 1.75 pipe MP 1.88 stainless 33* back cut to within .010 of seat MP 1.6 stainless tulip no back cut Probably in the whole thing $500 On to the dyno with 1.75 headers and a 750 doublepumper on a 2" tapered spacer 428 HP @ 5700 449 TQ @ 4300 With an Edelbrock RPM Air Gap everything else the same 442 HP @ 6000 460 TQ @ 4700 video in link below http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl2jA6zHDb4 Last edited by skrews; 04/14/13 03:20 PM.

Re: Post your Budget Motor Builds... [Re: skrews] #1419231 04/14/13 03:19 PM 04/14/13 03:19 PM
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,629 pa 572charger top fuel
572charger top fuel Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,629 pa	30 over 440 trw pistons 590 cam street port heads stock 6 pack and carbs 727 cheeta valve body turbo action convertor pump gas 410 gears 3900lbs 11.31 at 116mph back in 1984 !!!!! Last edited by 572charger; 04/14/13 03:20 PM. 606 hemi pump gas best 9.60 at 142mph on motor 05 hemi daytona 1500 go-mango 4wd quadcab 2007 hotrod mag pump gas drags runner up, roadkill nights dodge big tire winner 2018 2019 back to back

Re: Post your Budget Motor Builds... [Re: tboomer] #1419232 04/14/13 03:27 PM 04/14/13 03:27 PM
Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 153 Plant city fl 7 70Dart499 OP member
70Dart499 OP member 7 Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 153 Plant city fl	Quote: Quote: Just curious to hear some of the low budget motor builds that some of you guys are running, and what they run. Now I know this probably isn't the first thread on this, but I figured a new one cant hurt. I don't care if its a big block, small block or anything else. Your sig says you have a 499..I am curious why you don't work with what you have.. Oh I am, just like to hear what others are doing. 1970 Dart Drag Car

Re: Post your Budget Motor Builds... [Re: MR_P_BODY] #1419233 04/14/13 10:09 PM 04/14/13 10:09 PM
Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 1,089 st.cloud fl D d-150 Smarter than a 5th grader?
d-150 Smarter than a 5th grader? D Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 1,089 st.cloud fl	that engine bay is awesome

Re: Post your Budget Motor Builds... [Re: d-150] #1419234 04/14/13 10:15 PM 04/14/13 10:15 PM
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 30,469 Florida STAYcation dOc ! The village idiot's idiot
dOc ! The village idiot's idiot Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 30,469 Florida STAYcation	Quote: that engine bay is awesome

Re: Post your Budget Motor Builds... [Re: d-150] #1419235 04/14/13 10:41 PM 04/14/13 10:41 PM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 52,972 Romeo MI MR_P_BODY Master
MR_P_BODY Master Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 52,972 Romeo MI	Quote: that engine bay is awesome Its different... thanks.... I dont like having what everyone else has

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