commando1
Old Man with a Hat
Please use your existing heads. You can go mild to wild with them more reliably than with any new aluminum head sold today.I'm following this closely as I'm getting ready to do the top end of my 440.
Please use your existing heads. You can go mild to wild with them more reliably than with any new aluminum head sold today.I'm following this closely as I'm getting ready to do the top end of my 440.
I found pics of this one on a google image search
I have two 73 440's, one is steel crank the other is cast crank.
Whaaaaat? Someone has been holding out! Let's see some more!
Do you have a list number off of that Holley? I doubt it is a 750 but never say never especially when it comes to cop stuff.
Not entirely true. 1974 and later 400s and 440s that came from the factory with a manual transmission were supplied with forged crankshafts. Oops, I see I missed post #45 where this was already mentioned. Sorry for wasting your time.Nope, 74+ were cast regardless of end application.
Cast has a bad rap, though. They can easily take 500 hp.
The main reason for the steel crank desirability is that they were drilled out for the manual transmission pilot bearing.
You can use a manual with a cast crank but it's a PITA.
The iron ones are seasoned heads from Ma Mopar herself.
Aluminum? Well you know where they all come from...
Really? How many aluminum heads have you used? What is the cost to take iron heads from "mild to wild" in your experience? Just where are all aluminum heads cast? Please include Edelbrock because California may have be annexed by Mexico in the last 24 hours, but probably not.Please use your existing heads. You can go mild to wild with them more reliably than with any new aluminum head sold today.
I am the holdout on this particular car..
We are working on it over the winter. .. just getting around to it after ten years. Unmarked, 1972 Fury III, B7, ex NJ State Patrol car, 440-HP.
Look for it here in the spring/summer.
I have a set of 452's, I'm more interested in cam specs then anything...Please use your existing heads. You can go mild to wild with them more reliably than with any new aluminum head sold today.
Perfect...I have a set of 452's