70 Hemi Superbird Restoration..................errr.....scratch that........

[snakeyes]

 

[moparnation74]

View attachment 563643 View attachment 563644 View attachment 563645 View attachment 563646 Got some goodies today...

Holy Cow!!! Awesome indeed....

 

[HEMI-ITIS]

Pistons are 808 grams after the MAXI-light milling lol. Pins are 214 grams.

Spent some coin!! Plus the full monte coating

What cert you going with??

 

[Hemirunner]

Spent some coin!! Plus the full monte coating

What cert you going with??

25.3 chassis cert good for 6.50 which is about a second faster than the car will ever be capable of.

 

[Hemirunner]

Some more goodies came in today. Even the cat was in on the action.

 

[Hemirunner]

Some motivation for ya

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Saw that on Facebook. Awesome car! Mine isn’t quite that radical!

 

[HEMI-ITIS]

Attack cat!

 

[Hemirunner]

So now that I have pistons, rods, rings, bearings... I need to get a crank coming. I’m looking at a Crower but I’m not sure if it’ll be a 4340 forged or billet. One thing is for sure, it’s not lightweight with a bobweight of 2627g.

 

[HEMI-ITIS]

If you have the time to wait a billet is the way to go,did you mention what stroke you plan on? I went 4.5.

 

[Hemirunner]

If you have the time to wait a billet is the way to go,did you mention what stroke you plan on? I went 4.5.

I have plenty of time, so no concern there. It’s going to be 4.25 stroke for 540 cubes.

 

[HEMI-ITIS]

I went with a for smaller bore and bigger stroke.Leaves more in the hole for next time.

It not "IF",,,,,,,it's when

 

[Hemirunner]

I went with a for smaller bore and bigger stroke.Leaves more in the hole for next time.

It not "IF",,,,,,,it's when

This block was 4.495 with a questionable hone and some surface rust specs. I ordered the pistons for 4.50 bore and will be honing it. I’m going to be using the Holley Dominator EFI and have a bit of a learning curve as most of my experience is with older systems on NA engines. I’ve destroyed all kinds of parts over the years, hoping to avoid that with this engine.

 

[HEMI-ITIS]

Some of the M blocks can go to 4.5 bore before sleeving is needed.I don't want to EVER sleeve a block.Right now I'm qt 4.380 and room to grow.

 

[69 GTX]

Those are some big wastegates!

 

[Hemirunner]

Some of the M blocks can go to 4.5 bore before sleeving is needed.I don't want to EVER sleeve a block.Right now I'm qt 4.380 and room to grow.

I sonic tested my iron M block in my other car and it can go 4.400 but I doubt it ever does. It’s at 4.350 now. This engine is an aluminum world products block.

 

[Hemirunner]

Those are some big wastegates!

They’re 66mm gates. This combo will spool quick with the big cube/small turbo combo. Keeping boost accurate at low levels and high back pressure requires big gates. It also puts the right equipment in place for larger turbos once I get a handle on this thing with these little 76’s.

 

[Hemirunner]

If you have the time to wait a billet is the way to go,did you mention what stroke you plan on? I went 4.5.

Billet is $4K. That won’t happen lol.

 

[69 GTX]

I need to come over some weekend to view this beauty!

 

[Hemirunner]

I need to come over some weekend to view this beauty!

Anytime.... you may get put to work though. Hahaha

 

[69 GTX]

I like that idea!