Imagine how much more they would be if you asked for screws.
What did you do to your Mopar today?
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Imagine how much more they would be if you asked for screws.
More on building my buddies 440:
Mopar Stage VI heads are raised port heads, so they need a spacer to adapt to the intake manifold. See spacer in the picture below.
But they also mean that a standard valley pan cannot be used since the ports won't line up. We bought a valley pan from Edelbrock. But the sides were bent at 90*. Why???
The sides were also too long, so merely bending them would mean they interfere with the spacers.
So we had to modify the pan. The sides were cut and then bent to the correct angle. Here I am verifying fitment.
The pan was cleaned up and painted, the heads drilled to accept the bolts, and then the pan was installed.
After it was installed, I couldn't help mocking up the intake and valve covers.
Last things are the installation of the pushrods and verifying valve train geometry - we are still waiting on the parts to arrive for that. Then the intake will be installed and the engine will be done!
Mopar Stage VI heads are raised port heads, so they need a spacer to adapt to the intake manifold. See spacer in the picture below.
But they also mean that a standard valley pan cannot be used since the ports won't line up. We bought a valley pan from Edelbrock. But the sides were bent at 90*. Why???
The sides were also too long, so merely bending them would mean they interfere with the spacers.
So we had to modify the pan. The sides were cut and then bent to the correct angle. Here I am verifying fitment.
The pan was cleaned up and painted, the heads drilled to accept the bolts, and then the pan was installed.
After it was installed, I couldn't help mocking up the intake and valve covers.
Last things are the installation of the pushrods and verifying valve train geometry - we are still waiting on the parts to arrive for that. Then the intake will be installed and the engine will be done!
Hey those valve covers look familiar!
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Cleaned up the laneways this morning and then decided I owed myself a relaxing afternoon. Did an oil and filter change on the hemi Satellite to improve my mood!
When you have no idea what the non factory pan holds.
Let's get her done.
Factory K frame skid plate and a non factory Milodon oil pan.
Love all the factory dip primer nibs still hanging off the belly ! This car has less than 11,000 original miles on it. Most a 1/4 mile at a time, but the car has never been "cut" or modified.
Out with the Black oil..
Saves me making notes.
Best funnel ever...
When you have no idea what the non factory pan holds.
Let's get her done.
Factory K frame skid plate and a non factory Milodon oil pan.
Love all the factory dip primer nibs still hanging off the belly ! This car has less than 11,000 original miles on it. Most a 1/4 mile at a time, but the car has never been "cut" or modified.
Out with the Black oil..
Saves me making notes.
Best funnel ever...
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64's turn...
Sunshine for the first time in probably 40 days.
Need to get a proper lower rad hose for it, to get it away from the filter. The previous owner had the shorty on it, all I have is the medium and longs. It'll do for now...
Sunshine for the first time in probably 40 days.
Need to get a proper lower rad hose for it, to get it away from the filter. The previous owner had the shorty on it, all I have is the medium and longs. It'll do for now...
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Might as well do the Formula S x 383 while the sun is shining!
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Damn you've been busy
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Gonna be busy tomorrow as well. I have no idea how many dozen oil changes I've done since I was 15 years old. I have NEVER had a filter leak in my life, but I fired up the Barracuda and she pissed all over the K frame and floor. Gotta be a crack in the canister... tomorrows BS if I'm not in the plow truck.
got my eastwood dyna mat installed in the Cuda
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Round 2 on the Barracuda! Glad that it's at least not me that's losing it. WIX QC might be another story. Canister bead cracked....
Got the Cuda masked off and into the makeshift paint booth, filled the frame rails with rust encapsulator with the tube and spray wand end, worked well a little messy but cleaned up fast. prepping the bare metal underneath for a coat of epoxy then some 2k, a few spots need some touching up and in a few weeks this sweethart should be purple underneath.
Looking at the top picture, I'm thinking that the Cuda would look good with some woodgrain on it's sides.
uh, no. 
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Removed some paint up to the seam. Now debating if I should go full quarter, or use the ones the ol' man bought from Year One(iirc) in early 2000s.They seem pretty flimsy, not sure how good the stamping was back then also. Decisions decisions.
mic'd @ .0325 - .036.
mic'd @ .0325 - .036.
got the cuda scotch brighted (new word) wax and grease
wyped down 2 times, 2 coats of epoxy, 2 coats of 2k primer, taking a few days off. then a few touch ups, sand sand and purple time!
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Disassembled/cleaned the original 383 oil pump. No pitting or scoring noted. All internal components mic’d & were within FSM tolerances. Reassembled with a Mopar O-ring/gasket kit.
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You might want to check your oil pump for an internal flow restriction before you re-install it on the engine. Many OEM oil pumps have a casting mismatch that creates a little bit of an oil flow restriction. While it isn't a huge deal on a stock engine, why not take a little time and remove the restriction while you've got it on the bench. Attached are two photos, the first shows the mismatch/restriction area and the second shows the relieved/no restriction area after some minor casting work.
Just a FWIW.........
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It's take your girlfriend to work day so...
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Where do all the wives go, then?
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So, its a new(er) Mopar, but...
Michelle's 06 hemi Durango is tossing an MDS solenoid error. Anyone here swap MDS solenoids on a Gen III Hemi? Looks straightforward....pull intake...break top off solenoids...thread large bolt into solenoid and pry out....clean bores, install new parts and reassemble. Just trying to figure if I want to mess with it, or farm it out to a local shop to save my time (since I'm still losing money on my unoccupied-and-being-renovated rental apartment and need to keep plugging away at that).
Michelle's 06 hemi Durango is tossing an MDS solenoid error. Anyone here swap MDS solenoids on a Gen III Hemi? Looks straightforward....pull intake...break top off solenoids...thread large bolt into solenoid and pry out....clean bores, install new parts and reassemble. Just trying to figure if I want to mess with it, or farm it out to a local shop to save my time (since I'm still losing money on my unoccupied-and-being-renovated rental apartment and need to keep plugging away at that).
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