Bulldog 426 Hemi Block

Picture of my new 426 Gen II Hemi Block , now its off to Nickens Brothers for finish machine work. Paul

Cool!

Any information about order details/history and delivery time?

Ordered at the beginning of March 2019 with a delivery date of 5/31/2019.

1st block was NFG because of a casting defect that did not show up until almost the end of machining. Back to square one.

2nd block got right to the end of machining and got a drill bit broken off in it, I know this is true because I could see the remnants of its removal.

Block arrived at my facility at the end of July, on budget, but behind schedule. Couple of minor issues that I took care of myself. Couple of minor issues that I let Bradshaw know about.

Bottom line is that Bradshaw delivered what he said he would at the agreed price. He has got a tough row to hoe with this deal and I wish him well.
At the moment he is the only one supplying iron blocks and I hope he can carry the torch by getting production issues worked out.

Regardless of your personal feelings for the man, He is doing the Mopar community a great service, without him we would have nothing to work with in the Hemi realm. Paul

That's a good schedule even w/ the delay! Glad it worked out!
I saw on facebook where a guy in KY just got 2 hemi blocks from them that were ordered earlier this year. Looks promising!

Was it in the Deck ? passenger side rear ?

Paul,

That's actually not bad at all.

Just for info:

Did you purchase direct or did you go through a dealer?

thx

I dealt direct with Bradshaw and he seems to be on the up & up. Paul

I'm really looking forward to any future posts about the build

Just checked out their site, and the price to me doesn't seem unreasonable for what you are getting.

Was it in the Deck ? passenger side rear ?

[/quote The defect was in the area of where the mechanical fuel pump mounts, since this is going to be an absolute stock engine it was mandatory to have all of that intact.
I would assume that someone using an electric fuel pump got an early Christmas present. Paul

HI, good for you that you got it. What is the weight of it and the bore size?

Shipping weight was 350 lbs, so I am thinking about 305-310 lbs. Bore size is roughed at 4.240, will finish at 4.250. Paul

That's not too bad. Can that same block be bored to 4.500, or is that a different casting?

I think he is doing all of Ritters blocks also

Pretty sure it is the same casting for 4.5 , massively thick Siamese cylinder walls. Paul

Glad your block came in! I almost ordered one from him but got gun shy after seeing all of the bad press on him over the years. Ended up buying a mega block from Matt Hensley instead. I was just at Nickens brothers last week. Looks like they are still busy, and had some very high end builds going on. Keep us updated as I may still buy one of the bulldog blocks as a spare.

-Dave

This guy on Fakebook says it took 3 months to get his. Not a ton of info otherwise...he states 572, I'm sure it's probably a typical 4.5x4.5.

Lets see if these links work.

Probably not but I'll try.

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Hmm. Well, the picture links do work for me.

Good luck to those who are chasing this.

I hope Bulldog can keep it together, as almost everything out of the Chrysler camp seems to be bad news lately.

One of the local builders I do heads for is going to be putting together a Hemi street motor.
526”, and it’s going to be built around the Bulldog block.

It was ordered roughly 8 weeks ago, and was delivered this week.
It hasn’t gotten scrutinized very hard yet, but nothing obviously “wrong” with it has been discovered to this point.

Pump gas, hyd roller, the MP/Ede heads.
I’m not sure what the plan is for induction.

Got my block back from Nickens Brothers a couple of weeks ago, Just got to work on it a few days ago.
So far , so good.
Molnar crank & rods
KB pistons
Mopar restoration cam & lifters

I have everything else to finish it , will post as I go

Subaru engine commandeered the engine stand , so that's why its on the pallet , LOL. Paul

Or, you can have this one with no wait. Saw this a few days ago; figured it was applicable to the conversation.


https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2408032736077007/

What was Nickens' verdict on the block? Did they need to fix any issues with it as it came from Bulldog?

Keith said it was F'ing heavy, LOL. No real serious issues, going together rather smoothly. Paul

Not too bad a price.
But bargains don't last long on marketplace , so if someone needs this , they might want to move quickly.

Finally finished assembling my 426 Hemi, Had to tear it back down to basic components and clear a major blockage in the oil system.
I cannot believe I missed that, But I did. No one to blame but myself.
It is together with all brand new name brand stuff.

A big shout out to Scott Smith for the awesome clone carburetors! Thank you! ,Paul

Congrats and glad you found that problem early enough. That looks so awesome!!!!

Care to share what the oil blockage problem was?

Looks fantastic. I'm sorry to hear of the trouble with it. What all happened there?

There was about 2 fluid oz's of iron swarf stuck in the main lifter galleys. Problem was revealed on a pre-oil check, no oil to the rocker arms.
Whoever was running the gun drill must not have had the oil pressure turned up high enough. Not an excuse, just my theory. I can't believe I was so stupid to miss that. I could have sworn that I shone a flashlight down each passage, apparently NOT. oh well, all is good now. Paul

Looks killer nice job

Steel bristle bore brushes are your friend
Never ASSUME anything on engine assembly
I make sure and use them in every oil passage with cleaning solvent first and then air and again with either brake cleaner or carb cleaner, which ever one I have the most of in stock at that time and more air to insure no debris or any other gunk left in them