Mopar Muscle Association UK

What Blue & Pete Walton said

Long and Short of it is Phill.

440 heads only work on 440 engines!!! But well ported ones will work on 470/493's

Good aftermarket ALI heads will flow enough for 500 cubes!

543's need serious heads, B1's etc.etc.etc.

There's no replacement for displacement, but its always a trade off???

Buyer beware, don't go overboard!

Bacca.

Hey all,

No real progress on the rebuild at the mo as I'm saving and scrapping cash for bits.

I think when cash allows I'll be going for a 500 stroker kit, nice n solid, should go well with my Edelbrock heads etc etc.

In the meantime, can anyone shed any light on this for me? Apologies for the poor quality pic but you can just make out a nick on the top of the lifter. 3 lifters have been marked like this, this one being the worst offender. These lifters are/were all new when I put the performer cam in back in May.

Qusetion is, why has this happened and are they going to be ok to go back in the rebuild?

Cheers as always

Take a look @ the cam lobe & you'll see the problem.

I would be fitting new cam & lifters.

Phill , are you not going with the stroker now? , probably cheaper doing it now rather than later.

Did you check the cam for 'walk' , seem to remmember you having overheating issues (retarding timing) , could be the problem with regard to the lifters too.

Just a thought.

Hi Adam,

Yes definitely going for a stroker kit, either 500cu or 511.......

We did have a look at the cam and it was fine, totally unmarked. The rods were blue from the heat, and there was plenty of gunge in the water ways so I think my progressive excessive heat problem was the rods n bearings slowing disintegrating.

500/512" are for the little ole 400 blocks , gotta go @ least 528" & mean buisness Phill.

Come on Phill , tell us about the build.

Six-pack Speedshop wrote:and we used almost always 1 7/8 headers, depending on the HP we use 2.5 or 3" exhaust systems.

Try Dougs headers. As good as TTIs but use 2-inch primaries into a 3.5-inch collector.

Hi all,

It's been a looooong while since I've had anything to add to this thread as the first step was to scrape together some

So back in November, with some wonga put by, I finally got to spec the engine that I wanted/could afford to build and ordered the parts.

I decided to go to Hauser's for the parts rather than an eBay or similar stroker kit.

From all the good advice gained here coupled with a slight reality check I've opted for a 500cu stroker kit. So we'll be running Eagle 4.150 4130 crank, Eagle H beam rods and Diamond Forged pistons. Combined, we were looking at an actual cu of 497.

With the motor all stripped out and a handily diarised work meeting oop north in place ,I arranged to take the block up to Hauser's for cleaning and honing (using company fuel ). It had previously had a +30 bore which all looked good so a clean up and hone would be all I needed. Also Hauser's were going to do the clearance work for me and balance the rotating assembly.

This was in the first week of December. On the 19th I had a call from Hauser's with some bad news, the bores had suffered from some serious water damage

Not the end of the world to fix, just need a re-bore to +40 and we are back in business. Only thing, the pistons that I'd specially ordered are now too small So we've had to order another set and will have to find a buyer for the first lot. I'm hoping Hauser's can find a buyer for them before I have to find another £580 + vat!

So that's where we are at the moment. The new pistons should be here any day now if they're not here already, and as soon as its all rechecked for clearance and balanced we can start the build.

I've attached the pics Hauser's sent me of the water damaged bores that were revealed after honing.

Hope to have some better news and pictures soon!

make sure non off them have any chance of being a crack phil

Was this the 440 block that was in the general?

make sure non off them have any chance of being a crack phil

Thanks for the heads up Dunc Yeah sorry, I forgot to say that the block is back from re-machining and all is ok, Phew!

Hi Adam, yes this is my block from the general. Could this have been the cause of all my carb boiling issues do you think??

Question: rather than painting the block I was thinking about maybe getting it powder coated. Has anyone done this? Is it advisable?

Also, regarding my chipped followers shown earlier in the thread, Geoff Hauser reckoned that they were just a faulty batch of lifters, so a new set are going in when the time comes!

Powder coating is difficult on a block and the powder gets everywhere, and if its not cleaned off the places you dont want it, its a problem

Also can spread into Bolt holes etc when heating and curing .....Paint it, save the £££ for power

Good company Stateside for Pistons etc...very helpful guys
http://www.campbellenterprises.com/part ... ery=piston