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I bought a set of forged 400 Chevy pistons for $100 (new!) and machined the dish off, and hung em on 5.7 rods. Zero deck 406 for $200. 11.5 to one with cheap aluminum heads. How much is a 408 Mopar shortblock again? I can buy a 632 Chevy short block, in an aftermarket block, all forged, for...

Rootes group developed the tiger (based on the alpine, obviously) and used Ford engines. Then Chrysler bought Rootes group....... and since a 273 wouldn't fit, that was the end of Tigers. They did sell more mundane Sunbeams. (Alpines?)

VERY late to the party, but 71demon540 covered it. It would depend on your rear gear ratio, and your rpm band. If you don't have some excessive rear gear, and if you think it will hook on the tires and rear suspension you've got, the 904 WILL be faster. 3.91s? 904. 4.88s? 727.

A little late with my response, but here goes.... The chinese eBay versions are a crapshoot. You might get a good one, machined properly, you might not. I believe factory tolerance for runout of the ring (crown) gear is half a thousanth. Four thousandths has been reported for the chinese ones ...

LOL! Your spork is about a trainlength faster than the wet noodle I was bringing to the gunfight. Thanks for Erwin's name, was drawing an alzheimer blank. He is a great guy, always said hi, how ya doing, where's your car?

Agree. Swapped to an 8.8 cause 8 3/4 prices are nuts? Run it. Swapped to an 8.8 to last behind 500 hp, stick shift, and slicks? Time for a set of good axles Edit: just saw long road trips. Replace.

ALL 8 3/4s are 30 spline, except aftermarket 35 spline spools and axles.

Is coffee with Baileys on the list? That's what I use. And Sam's cola.

Chinese 4412 500cfm 2bbl is $130. In your situation, I might give one a shot.

Imo, forget headers for an FE. I had a 352 in a Galaxie, plugs were tight, as were the manifolds. I had a 428 cj in a Ranchero, also with manifolds. I never did change plugs in it. Headers on either would have been a nightmare!

Jim, be cool, and be slow. Nothing in a hurry. I'm just glad it wasn't worse. My gf stepped in a mud puddle covered with some water (shallow) lost her balance, and busted a kneecap. Not as bad as a bad cranial injury, but painful just the same.

Well, blueprint makes a standard deck 598...... but I don't have enough cylinder head for one of those, lol.

I wanted to buy one of those for my Opel when they were still under 13k, but it simply won't fit. I can't use a tall deck or raised exhaust heads without throwing away a $2000 set of custom headers. (Too close to the rollcage down bars, and the floor of the car). Looks like I'm gonna settle for...

No offense. Probably a big block chevy in a mopar.

Yeah. It's kind of a shame that I bought a pair of aluminum bbc heads that flow 350cfm for $800, and 350cfm bb mopar heads cost $3000. And they would be bare minimum for a 540 mopar.