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Re: 440 (S 440) ??? [Re: Cab_Burge] #3231766
05/08/24 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Cab_Burge
Originally Posted by John Brown
nhraracer.com shows the 440 six pack has a deck clearance of .001 and has valve notches. 440 four barrel shows .051 deck clearance, and flat tops.

NHRA only has what tech information Mopar provided them devil whistling work shruggy
IE, T/A fiberglass hoods on 1971 Hemi Challengers per the letter typed up at the 1974 Wnternationals for Dick Landy to run his 1971 Hemi Challenger in SS/D saying they supposedly ran out of Shaker hoods for a "short time" in the early production of the 1971 Challengers and had some left over T/A hoods and installed them on to expedite shipping them whistling shruggy


^^^ This , you can't go by NHRA spec , for the 68-69 383 335HP engine NHRA spec is .020 ABOVE the deck. The factory stock engines I have disassembled had pistons that when installed with factory specifiactions sit .0025 BELOW the deck.

The 70/71 6 pack motors the pistons are ~ .020 in the hole , a 69 6pk they are about .050 , but NHRA spec has then .020 in the hole.


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Re: 440 (S 440) ??? [Re: fastmark] #3231767
05/08/24 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by fastmark
Here’s the piston from my 65,000 miles 6 pack Superbird. I bought it in 82 and was the first to take it apart. We sent this off to Race Tech to make me a set of .010 replacements years ago. It has four valve reliefs. The one 69 6 pack A12 Bee I bought in 85 just had flat top cast pistons. It’s my understanding that the 69 6 pack got the same pistons and rods that the other 440 motors got. Nothing special in 69.


This is what I have found taking apart original engines and from my research.


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