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« Reply #540 on: September 24, 2008, 07:45:52 PM » |
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Woman... woe-man... whoooa-man. She was a thief, you gotta believe, she stole my heart and my cat. Betty, Judy, Josie and those hot Pussycats... they make me horny, Saturday morny... girls of cartoo-ins will leave me in ruins... I want to to be Betty's Barney. Hey Jane... get me off this crazy thing... called love.
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« Reply #541 on: September 25, 2008, 08:18:34 AM » |
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Will have more posted TONIGHT I believe (Thursday) " My buddy Jimmy "HEMI" Majors-who is restoring his GSS DART...he called Chrysler to order a 426 crate motor...apparently they have had a "bad run" of engine blocks from the current manufacturer...and are seeking a new vendor ! He was told Chrysler is looking for one now-BUT-no HEMIs are available to buy AT ALL ! I am SURE Glad I chose an "Old-School" engine-higher nickel content, proven history...and just OLD SCHOOL totally !!! |
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« Reply #542 on: September 25, 2008, 02:41:22 PM » |
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Reality Check: John Arruzza, For Hemi's Only or any one of several competent shops could build you a real deal "old school" 426 Hemi that is reliable and at similar cost to what you've invested into your 392 project. To suggest that you can't get a good 426 Hemi is not accurate.
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« Reply #543 on: September 25, 2008, 03:13:33 PM » |
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Jeg's has Mopar crate engines in stock as well. Crate engines have never had a great reputation any way so going with a reliable engine builder is a much better approach.
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Sarcasm detector, that's a real good invention.
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« Reply #544 on: September 25, 2008, 05:26:22 PM » |
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There have been several crate and custom-built 426 (& derivative) Hemi engines for sale on Moparts. Troy at Westoaks would probably love to unload one or two of the engines he's had listed for a while now - with substantial discounts over list price too.
I agree with (our) Troy that a custom-built engine is better than a crate engine, and Ray Barton, Arruza, FHO, Larry Shepherd, etc. make a pretty good living selling 'em.
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« Reply #545 on: September 25, 2008, 07:15:30 PM » |
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Got the heads back today ! Ported exhaust ports are Flow-perfect!
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« Reply #546 on: September 25, 2008, 07:21:41 PM » |
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Here they are...and Well worth it !!!
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« Reply #547 on: September 27, 2008, 02:55:41 PM » |
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Since were talking Old School Hemi's thought maybe some might enjoy this Pic of a Garage full of them  LEON. |
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« Reply #548 on: September 27, 2008, 05:02:29 PM » |
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« Reply #549 on: September 27, 2008, 11:39:33 PM » |
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392's are awesome, we just put a dual quad OG firepower one in my buddy's Model A custom. top to bottom blueprinted awesome build chock full of amazing parts ..it was about 6800.00 for the build and the pieces.
14 grand seems weird to me.
is there a cost breakdown you can post?
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« Reply #550 on: September 28, 2008, 12:59:22 PM » |
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Changing the subject. Back when the fuel guys were bailing out on the 392 and donovan stuff and going to the 426 stuff, I had a couple of the funny car racers give me a truck load of 392 stuff, blocks, mondello heads, cranks and blower pistons. I held onto the stuff for a while, but since you couldn't buy parts for them anymore, I gave it all away. Now you can buy anything for them, rings, pistons, gaskets, etc. I did a lot of stupid stuff like that when I was younger. Wish I had that stuff back. Keep living the dream Tesh. |
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« Reply #551 on: September 29, 2008, 09:36:42 PM » |
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OK, let's try this again... This thread's been cleaned up of at least some of the personally-oriented replies (some old and more recent stuff as well). There were lots of them, unfortunately. While I don't want to make a huge deal of things, suffice it to say that I hope the focus of this thread can remain on the project and not become a discussion of how things are being discussed.  |
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« Reply #552 on: September 30, 2008, 02:47:33 PM » |
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I'm glad to see the this thread got saved. Good work geno. |
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« Reply #553 on: September 30, 2008, 03:40:55 PM » |
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HEMI Intake Valve Differences: The Intake valve clears the cylinder wall by 0.030 " (thirty thousandths of an inch !) |
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« Reply #554 on: September 30, 2008, 04:23:39 PM » |
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« Reply #555 on: September 30, 2008, 08:06:35 PM » |
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thats a much bigger valve That's for all that heavy breathing Tesh will be doing, his motor too  |
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« Reply #556 on: October 01, 2008, 08:36:57 AM » |
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« Reply #557 on: October 01, 2008, 09:24:09 AM » |
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« Reply #558 on: October 01, 2008, 07:01:10 PM » |
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« Reply #559 on: October 01, 2008, 07:11:07 PM » |
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more...assemby/timing set up/valve clearance checks
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