At least the block came out looking very nice usable for sure that saves a few bucks good luck with the rest of the parts needed

Appreciate it...I am lucky, but still a little depressed about it. I have a mountain of parts sitting here in the garage that will eventually be put back together...

As stated by others glad you were able to repair it. And a very nice job on those repairs. Jim

Randy, kudos to the guy who did the block repairs. Look at it this way....those battle scars give the block some character!

Thanks former Hemi guy...It certainly gives me a story to tell....The block is actually stronger than it was, maybe not prettier. There is more in it for power. We were working our way into the tune up and I think we really had the carb good, and I know the car had a mid 6.20 somthing in it....6.311 was the best pass that day.

So its met my expectations as far as ET goes for a mild street car. I want to do Drag Week one of these years...Maybe not super fast for a 605, but it looks like the high gear in the trans was toast and answers why the MPH was down some...Guess we need to work on reliability.

Well, its been a little slow going, but the block as shown above is fixed and needs only some good clearance checking and cleaning and it should be ready to go, and this week, the crank came back all fixed....Thank goodness. That would have been expensive to replace.

So now if AJ Casini will just return my call, I can get an idea on the replacement parts I know I need.

And where do I get one of those oil filter plates that will sandwich in there and allow me to go to a accumulator?

Nice to see your block repaired & your back on track to getting it re built.

Well things have been slow, but still made the last race of the season last week in my engine builders Hemi Barracuda running 10.20's at 132mph...Car is a handful and we never really hooked it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrm62S2Fmow

Meanwhile, we are building the trans...Got a pile of parts in from A&A and they are really nice looking. We figured we would build the trans first and then get into the engine re-build. Only hurt high gear, but we decided to go with everything A&A said we should have at this level as this trans had a few years on it.

Things are moving now.....Trans is all done.....And Ordering all the engine parts this week...Even though my job is toast soon.

Glad it's coming along, what's up with your job if you don't mind me asking?

I used the short dipstick fitting in my trans[GM TH350]Looks like you did also.I hope your trans hold up,I had trouble burning clutches,bands.My trans is fresh now hoping for better results next yr.Good luck with the job!

Actually, I don't mind....I work for Greatbatch Medical doing swiss CNC machining. The comapny bought Lake Region Medical and assumed the name Integer....Well, they have decided they do not need the 400 different machined medical parts we provide, made here in NY anymore and are moving it all minus the people...I do not want to start a political debate, but you can basically guess where. They gave us 12 months give or take...

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I used the short dipstick fitting in my trans[GM TH350]Looks like you did also.I hope your trans hold up,I had trouble burning clutches,bands.My trans is fresh now hoping for better results next yr.Good luck with the job! [/quote]

I only burnt the high gear clutches and there are some tricks we did to the trans to improve flow, holding power and pressure. One set of clutches are grooved, and the other set are not. I do not recall which set is or isn't...We also bought there billet drum and thinner clutches and it holds more of them. Lots of goodies in it. Should easily survive 1000hp at my weight.

For the dipstick, I do not really like these, but there seems to be limited choices.

Can I ask what trans fluid you use?

Nothing fancy here, just Napa Type F...It was over a quart low due to a leak it had when high gear started slipping. Put about a dozen passes on it before it really slipped. Had a heck of a leak, which we have found and fixed...New pan adds another two quarts over the deep steel pan.

Well I might have spoke too soon on that. I used to run ATF in all my race stuff. But according to A&A, I should be running ATF +4 for OD trans now that I am running their clutch pack....So we will be switching this year.

Been quite an adventure lad

Good to see it going back together! That car has always been one of my favorites on Moparts!

Thanks....Won't be long now....Most of the parts are ordered.

What do you tip the scales at??

There are no ports on the pressure side of the pump that are AN-10, only aftermarket suction side lines are that size. With an Indy block you can run the internal pickup (3/8 or 1/2 " dia), or put on the blockoff plate and input with an external line to the port on front of the block that you tried to use, running an external line from the pan. Some guys use a plate between the pump and the block for the input like I have (Milodon 21001) on my 500, or a plate on the other side of the pump (Milodon 21205) to feed from that side. Or use both and feed the pump from both sides, but that can make the pump stack too big and it can interfere with the K frame.

You want the accumulator to be plumbed to the pressure side of the pump which can also be through one of the oil passages in the block. That line does not need to be AN-10. Heck, look at the threads that the oil filter screws onto - that is the pump outlet and it is smaller. I have always thought it would be good to have a normally closed solenoid valve at the accumulator that is powered by the ignition, so whenever the ign is on the accumulator is connected to the oil passages. When you go to fire up the motor the pressure in the accumulator is released and pre-oils the motor, and if you get starvation at the pickup the accumulator supplies pressure. When you shut down the motor the pressure gets trapped in the accumulator for next time.

One way to tap into the pressure side of the pump may be to go through the pump cover, or use a remote filter cover (Milodon 21225) and tee into the filter lines.