$500- 68 charger

[daytona kid]

Yea I've been waiting a while for this painter to get to me but he probably would have had it done by now if I had just taken it to him first instead of the last guy.
But at least I know this painter will do a super job. He is talked about highly in this area as "nobody better". He does cars that go thru the local "classic car gallerys"., like this place I went by the other day. It blew my mind at how classy it was. Not many mopars but still cool. One of my late uncle's cars was there. I had 20 of the shrimp hors d'oeuvres.
Check this out>

 

[daytona kid]

Picked up the 440 today. Went by the car wash on the way home and cleaned it up a little. Found out it is not an HP 440. Stamp says H 440, which means it was built in 1972, then below that it has 1 2 3 2. I think that means it was assembled Jan/23/72. It has some red sealant in spots so it has been apart before.

 

[daytona kid]

It seems to be in very good condition, no sludge and turns thru nice. Compression check to come.

 

[747mopar]

Nice score, any updates on the Charger, gotta be killing you?

 

[CHARGERSTEVEN]

Nice score Daytona when you rebuilt it it will still make mopar music

 

[daytona kid]

Nice score, any updates on the Charger, gotta be killing you?

I talked to the painter about 2 weeks ago and he said he'd be ready to do it in Oct. At this point he is the only guy I trust to do a great job and not rip me off.. And, yes it is killing me waiting., but at least now I have a motor to play with/work on.
Can anyone confirm that the crank in this 72-440 is forged? Weren't the 440 cranks all forged around that year? There is a pic of the harmonic balancer and the part #, I thought. Isn't that the smaller balancer that comes on the forged crank?

 

[daytona kid]

I may try to rebuild the 440 following the same plan to get 537hp like they did here> http://www.hotrod.com/articles/how-you-can-build-a-stout-537hp-street-440/

 

[69 GTX]

I can't remember is your car a 4 sp or 727?

 

[daytona kid]

I can't remember is your car a 4 sp or 727?

727, why?

 

[Mark B]

Just going by the pics of the balancer it is indeed a forged crank.

 

[CHARGERSTEVEN]

That's some real good info for some cheap horsepower

 

[Superfreak]

Have the block sonic checked and magna fluxed to prevent wasting money on a block that isn't worth the effort. Just my 2cents worth.

 

[daytona kid]

Have the block sonic checked and magna fluxed to prevent wasting money on a block that isn't worth the effort. Just my 2cents worth.

For sure!

 

[69 GTX]

The cam they picked for they're build was for a light car with low gears & 4000 stall. May be a bit much for the street. But if your car is going to be mostly strip then it should be ok with a good stall convertor.

 

[daytona kid]

The cam they picked for they're build was for a light car with low gears & 4000 stall. May be a bit much for the street. But if your car is going to be mostly strip then it should be ok with a good stall convertor.

Yea I see what you mean. Not sure if I want a stall that high. I have a 4.56 gear and there will be a very small amount of street driving. I will probably change a few things on their recipe to fit my plans. I may get one of those package deals from Edelbrock where you get a set of heads, a cam, and intake all matched for each other. I still have a while before the motor will be needed so lots of time to figure that out. I'll be needing to throw all available money at the paint job soon anyway, I hope., so supermotor may have to wait it's turn.

 

[69 GTX]

Might want to look at the trick flow stuff. If you were to go with their 270 heads cam & intake you could swap it straight over to the stroker when you do it. Are you planning a hood scoop? Might be tight on clearance there.

 

[Force Fed Mopar]

It seems to be in very good condition, no sludge and turns thru nice. Compression check to come.

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That looks like a Nov 12, 1977 casting date to me.

 

[daytona kid]

Might want to look at the trick flow stuff. If you were to go with their 270 heads cam & intake you could swap it straight over to the stroker when you do it. Are you planning a hood scoop? Might be tight on clearance there.

Will do! A hood scoop wouldn't be a problem if needed. I'm planning on a glass hood anyway.

 

[daytona kid]

That looks like a Nov 12, 1977 casting date to me.

Yea it does kinda look more like a 7 than a 1 but I'm sure it is a 1 since the engine build date stamp is H, which is 1972. It was cast in Nov of 71 but assembled and stamped in early 72.

 

[daytona kid]

If you were to go with their 270 heads cam & intake you could swap it straight over to the stroker when you do it.

I was thinking similar.. I think the 400 block I have will make a better race/stroker motor. That way I won't possible destroy a nice and getting kinda hard to find 440. I think the intake won't work on both tho, right? 400 is a b/b and the 440 is a r/b. No biggy tho, I'll just have an intake for each if that is the case. I may just build the 440 to be more streetable, get the car rolling/running and then later build the 400/512 more for just racing. Would the headers interchange, 440 to 400?