Re: 440 rebuild
[Re: 71ragtop]
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07/21/16 10:07 PM
07/21/16 10:07 PM
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Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 36,040 Lincoln Nebraska
RapidRobert
Circle Track
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Circle Track
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Lincoln Nebraska
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stealth heads. 9.5 CR. .030 quench. recurve stock dist. FREE FLOWING exhaust. one of the newer carbs that lets you adj all of the systems. get an LM2 & dial it in. plasma moly rings. proper breakin procedure. good torque converter
live every 24 hour block of time like it's your last day on earth
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Re: 440 rebuild
[Re: momopar]
#2115161
07/21/16 10:21 PM
07/21/16 10:21 PM
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Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 407 NE Indiana
momopar
mopar
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mopar
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NE Indiana
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Seriously, A stroker kit may not cost a lot more than pistons and their accompany list. Cast crank and 40+ years old? Why not ? y'know what they said? "takes cubic DOLLARS to replace cubic INCHES"
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Re: 440 rebuild
[Re: crlush]
#2115240
07/22/16 12:13 AM
07/22/16 12:13 AM
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Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 15,194 Omaha Ne
TJP
I Live Here
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I Live Here
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Omaha Ne
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Shouldn't be hard, pretty modest goal, as long as you buy a good set of pistons, tad bigger cam, good valve job, maybe a new edelbrock dual plane intake, and you should be there. I have followed the factory recipe for a stock 68-9 375HP motor with vey good results, IE: 10;1 compression, factory 375 HP cam, Dual plane intake, decent carb (440 AVS), good free flowing exhaust with manifolds (HP again), set up the timing, fuel system and mixture with a factory performance (1800 or so) converter, 3;23 or 3;55 gears and have FUN !! Not to say it couldn't be improved upon with heads etc. But the combo works very well for a well mannered street car that will smoke the tires at will and peg you in the seat in 3rd
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Re: 440 rebuild
[Re: 71ragtop]
#2115366
07/22/16 10:31 AM
07/22/16 10:31 AM
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Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 24,562 Brookeville, Md
Mr.Yuck
Not enough dumb comments...yet
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Not enough dumb comments...yet
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Posts: 24,562
Brookeville, Md
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here's a good and cheap build. Call Summit, grab a decent engine kit, specify you want a decent piston. If you are going to use your heads, have them milled, clean up the ports, gasket match the intake and exhaust (but probably easier and cheaper to order stealth heads), pick up the Summit 488 cam, headers, Used CH4B intake, 1/2 spacer and 750 DP carb. You should have an easy 400hp that doesn't break the bank and it will be completely drivable and reliable. I had this set-up in a 67 Coronet with unported 906 heads cast speed pro pistons (maybe 9:1) and the car went 12.90's all day.
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Re: 440 rebuild
[Re: 74RALLYE]
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07/22/16 11:35 AM
07/22/16 11:35 AM
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Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 24,562 Brookeville, Md
Mr.Yuck
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Not enough dumb comments...yet
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Posts: 24,562
Brookeville, Md
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440 with a little bit of cam - Nothing says "stay away from an Edelbrock carb" like a 440 with a bigger cam. Edelbrock carbs are excellent in most applications, but the 750 and 800 cfm models don't cut it on 440s with a little extra cam unless you like an off idle dead spot. I couldn't get below a 13.11 w/ a eddy 750. I rebuilt and dropped a 25 y/o 750DP on it and the car went 12.90 and only would hit 13.0's if it was HOT out. I'd never run a Eddy on another BBM.
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