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Fine Looking Hemi there !! ......I fully agree with the Single big Quad "Boring" BB Chevy Look you see Everywhere....This Build just looking for Reliable nostalgia "A990" SS look with Hard launching Soft tall wrinkle wall Hoosier cheaters.... Considering changing Crank & pistons for 472"...
Thx 68 Hemi GTS, as that Was my Same Initial Reasoning for my Specific vintage 426 Race Hemi application with similar 1964--1965 Cam timing & 0.570" lift specs, I thought the unmodified factory SS intake & 770 carbs would Match my 3600 lb 6500 rev points thru 4500 Converter, 4:56 Gearing &...
Thx for all responses & I'll deff consider the single 1050 with Tall rise Direct runner Single plane Intake....How the factory with induction engineering, dyno cell & track racing experience totally Missed the simpler Single plane design is totally amazing....
Sure Hope you don't trace the vibration to the rotating Assembly after all else eliminated....Shaking fenders & Interior sounds pretty far off balance.....Having to pull engine down for Rebalance would be terrible ....If all fails to correct & With nothing to loose, could some "Trial" Weights...
Have the Highest regards to RBE & very Thankful they're around......As evidenced by the factory engineers Ramchargers club "High & Mighty" Dominating 1960 Nhra C/A entry sporting dual quad carbs on a full Plenum Tunnel Ram intake feeding a 354ci Hemi, Chrysler engineering was fully aware of...
Thx dvw for Helpful input....You didn't specify what ci size Wedge engine or cam your stock X-ram intake dynoed on ....So How did the Factory bother with their Extensively Engineered & Dyno tested Tuned X-Rams & Totally Miss the Superior performing simple straight shot Unturned Runner simplistic...
No argument Intended by my inclusion of Historical data........Simple Logic based application Question to the much more Experienced & Knowledgeable Racers group about the 426ci size original 6700 Rpm range Hemi intake Question.....Have No argument & simply asking for input for my Specific old...
With All due respect to Ray Bartons not until 1980's SS hemi Operations, He most Certainly did Not have any design or involvement with the 1964 426ci Race Hemi X-ram intake Designs all based on previous Factory designed Max Wedge racing Experience using 0.550 --0.590" lift flat tappet cams &...
Just trying to Under the Logic of you alls Responses...Intake Tuned flow Physics (Proper sized Plenum, Runner Length & Diameter for max Volumetric efficiency for intended Rpm range) Doesn't Change over time or 60 years !! ...The Tuned 2 x4 Tunnel Ram intake Continues to be the Optimal N/A...
Why wouldn't the factory SS Magi dual quad X Ram be the Best Optimum hardest pulling Intake manifold for a stock Bore & Stroke 426 hemi Cammed & tuned for 3500--6500 Rpm power band thru 4500 Stall converter ??....The "65 & "68 factory SS cars performed great with the stock Uncut or modded...
Need some new aluminum MP head valve job & crank bal work done right 1st time...Any suggestions for a knowledgeable familiar G2 hemi shop decent experience ?? Thx, Tom.
Why is Synthetic Not recommended for engine Break-in ?? Are we talking Piston ring Seating issues here ?... I'm sure most New cars have been factory assembly line Filled with Synthetic oil for decades Without Piston ring break-in Seating problems & those Are some fairly Hard rings I've...
Your 110° Lsa isn't far off from factory Stock's 112°, but you're Not likely to like the Idle & suggested Higher converter Stall speed similar to factory Street hemi & A12 440 cars.....Now's the Time to change it out to what you Really want.....If I had only 1 Mopar 440 car, I'd Prefer the cam...
Kinda strange all the Upper bearings have the same short "Wear" pattern dead Centered on oil hole location ? .....I don't remember seeing that on my few low mileage main bearing inspections ....What do the lower main cap bearings look like ?? .....
Aww....Idk,.....Some folks might want a certain even on both sides, higher than stock ride height, + the Anti-squat rise action.....That could take more sorting thru available units to get that.....
If you're Replacing factory stock Mopar OEM street Leaf springs for high performance Street use, Might as well select from the "Factory Super Stock" series which by their Anti--Squat leaf Bias design generate axle Separation body Rise to significantly Improve tire Traction without additional...
Thx for that Valvoline link, penora..."Break-in Oil" is regular High Zinc mineral based oil Without the normal Friction & Wear Additive package designed to Promote Frictional Wear to wear off rough, high peak cylinder wall hone to Assure Rings break-in.. It's like high Zinc 30W Machining...
Has/Does anyone use VR1 Synthetic Racing Oil to Break-in FT cams & Lifters ? ....Per L Speed Jr., Valvoline has Adequate zinc PPM & has recently Reduced the Calcium & Detergent content in all their Racing Oils.... After Conventional oil Break-in, Wouldn't VR1 Synthetic Racing Oil offer...
Thx pnora,.... Don't have engine builder,...just me.... My Redline/Shift point =6500 Rpm.... You're running a Roller hydro stick with Solid Rollers ? ....I heard you can run Solid Lifters on Hydro cam for Smallest Lash.... Correct ? ....INTMD8,....Does the Melonized dizzy Gear wear out Quickly...