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My current setup has me rolling down the highway at 2900rpm. That's 60 miles/hour, or 100kms/hour here in the land of metric. This may be a dumb question, but how much harder would it be on the engine/driveline going 2900rpm for long distances, like 2-3 hours at a time, as opposed to lower rpm...

Do bad things happen in 3's? My goodness, what next. A month ago it was another stamped steel rocker with a pushrod through it. Now It appears I've smoked my 727TF tranny. Went for a nice 20 mile drive yesterday. Kind of a shake down run. I'd finished the roller rockers, oil and filter change...

Got the new CompCams 1621-16 set in. Shafts with oil holes down. Proper .030" clearance between rockers(had to do some sanding), and hold down bolts torqued to factory spec 25ft/lbs. All left and right rockers in proper place. Valve clearance set, and preload done(at base circle). Then installed...

Punched another pushrod through a stamped steel rocker last Sunday. That's two in two years. Was looking at these: https://www.hughesengines.com/Index/products.php?browse=browse&level0=RC0gQmlnIEJsb2NrIChMb3cgRGVjayk=&level1=Um9ja2VyIEFybXMgJiBBY2Nlc3Nvcmllcw==&partid=26774 440 Edelbrock...

While cruising Sunday night, noticed grey smoke coming from my '70 Satellite. Pulled over, checked oil, and it was down a quart and a half. It was full the day before. I topped it up, and got it home. There was a puddle under the engine in the garage that must have happened when we left. Last...

Ok, so with over 1000 miles on the rebuilt 440, for the first time it was blowing blue smoke during warm up this morning. Not much, but enough I noticed. My wife and I went for a drive for lunch, and there was a trail of blue smoke behind us. We came home. I popped the hood and had a look...

I was chatting with an engine builder the other day, although not my engine builder, and he mentioned that he always tries to convince customers to go with fuel injection over carbs because of the damage done to engines from gas washing. Fuel injectors shut off when you take your foot off the...

So got the 3.55's in with the new Yukon DuraGrip. I picked it up yesterday. The shop told me to do three heat cycles with the car to break in the rear end. Drive the car normally, with no hard acceleration 15-20 minutes on, 30 minutes off, three times. Then they said drive for about 500 miles...

So I've still got the 2.71 gear until Wednesday when the 3.55 posi goes in. That should change how the car feels during acceleration. But since this is my first high stall converter, at 2800 rpm, should it have a slipping feeling under light acceleration? The shop that is installing the posi...

There are a lot of really good descriptions of how to set up the linkage up top, but my question is down below, on the lever itself. With the lever all the way forward, there seems to be a certain amount of "take up" in the lever when moving the lever back(toward the back of the car) before you...

I should have seen this coming. Just got the 440 in today, located and mounted the new rad, and went to install the water pump pulley and clutch fan assembly to measure for a shroud, and not enough room for the clutch fan. I would need about 3/4" more room to make it fit. Can't move the rad or...

For better or worse, I decided to go with with the Edelbrock 1913 800cfm AVS2 to sit on my 440. It will bolt to the RPM intake. I spoke to Edelbrock about a throttle linkage adapter, and Summit has it, but there was also the case of the tranny kickdown rod. There is an adapter for it as well...

For anyone who had read my posts over the last 6 months regarding my 440 build, I said I would post numbers once it was dyno'd. I posted the engine info below. I'm quite happy with the numbers, especially the torque. Block bored .030" Align bored Decked Factory cast-iron crank ground .010"...

I've got the 7 blade clutch fan off of the 1977 440 going into my 1970 Satellite. It measures 19.5" diameter, tip to tip. Will I run into any issues reusing this fan? With the new 26" aluminum rad, I'll have to get it installed and check for clearance. What is the optimum distance from fan to...

So I've read some posts on swaps, but wanted to ask for any tips or thoughts on anything I should be thinking about or getting ready for, that maybe some people have come across when making the swap of an RB in to an original small block B body. The 440 and 727 should be ready in a couple of...

Maybe I'm just being grumpy, but when I call a company and ask for technical advice on choosing an engine part, I expect some form of expert advice. It's been widely discussed on this and other forums that when it comes to carburetion, you can't just look at CFM. Yes, there is a formula. But I...

So in the next few weeks, I'll be dropping off all the parts I've ordered to the machine shop for engine assembly. Some parts, like the new water pump and housing, valve covers, timing chain cover, and intake manifold, are bare metal, or in the case of the valve covers, coated in that black EDM...

AMK has a complete kit, but it's listed as '70-'74. I called but they can't confirm the fasteners will be fine for my 440 which is out of a 1977. Can anyone confirm if there would be a difference, and if so, in what? Also, is there another vendor that would carry a complete kit? I'm not...

440Source Stealth or Edelbrock E-Street heads for the 440 going into my street driven '70 Satellite? I shouldn't be thinking this because my budget is going to hell, but I'm considering it because my 452 heads may require more work than I thought. A few more details below. Block bored .030"...

Good morning all. So I just watched my first episode of Engine Masters. After flipping through the episodes list, I quickly found episode 53, in season 4. The guys have a bone stock motorhome 440, I think 1977-78, definitely post '75, and other than the dyno headers and MSD distributor, it made...