Next Phase of my Mopar Life
I mentioned it above but haven't really talked about it, @Brian Hafliger is building me a W2 headed 416 engine for my Duster. I talked to him last night and things are progressing nicely so I thought I could officially let the cat out of the bag.
This time last year, I found a 340 block that I found localish to me. It was a standard bore block with no visible damage, and the seller agreed to take it to his machine shop for them to check it out before I bought it. I spoke to his machine shop guy and Brian later confirmed, that it is a good block and would be a good candidate for a rebuild. So, I strapped it onto a pallet and shipped it out to IMM.
The block is now ready for it's final cleaning and Brian says he should be ready to start assembling the short block soon. There was a short delay while the block was sent out to get the lifter bores bushed, but the block is back now and we are moving forward. We will be using a Molnar crank and rods, with Icon full dish pistons. Brian has been working on the heads doing a little port clean up and will gasket match the intake. We will be running Jesel 1.7 rockers. He said they should flow in the 310-315 range. Intake is a NOS Mopar P4452891 single plane that even came with gaskets and instructions.
Brian spoke with Jim at Racer Brown and is having a custom solid roller camshaft ground for it. Specs are [email protected] and .690 lift. This is going to be a mostly street driven car with an occasional trip to the track, and Jim picked a grind that takes that into consideration. We will be running BAM solid rollers and custom push rods.
Headers will be TTI 1 7/8" with a full 3" exhaust with custom mufflers from my old Dart that @VOETOM built for me.
This is about all of the info I got from Brian on this update. I was scribbling notes as fast as I could while he was telling me about the build. I can't answer many specific technical questions. I trust Brian and that's why I chose him to build my engine. His reputation proceeds him and if he says something needs to be done, or if he suggests a specific part I'm going to believe him and go with it. He said he should be able to start sending me pictures as the build progresses and I will keep the thread updated.
I mentioned it above but haven't really talked about it, @Brian Hafliger is building me a W2 headed 416 engine for my Duster. I talked to him last night and things are progressing nicely so I thought I could officially let the cat out of the bag.
This time last year, I found a 340 block that I found localish to me. It was a standard bore block with no visible damage, and the seller agreed to take it to his machine shop for them to check it out before I bought it. I spoke to his machine shop guy and Brian later confirmed, that it is a good block and would be a good candidate for a rebuild. So, I strapped it onto a pallet and shipped it out to IMM.
The block is now ready for it's final cleaning and Brian says he should be ready to start assembling the short block soon. There was a short delay while the block was sent out to get the lifter bores bushed, but the block is back now and we are moving forward. We will be using a Molnar crank and rods, with Icon full dish pistons. Brian has been working on the heads doing a little port clean up and will gasket match the intake. We will be running Jesel 1.7 rockers. He said they should flow in the 310-315 range. Intake is a NOS Mopar P4452891 single plane that even came with gaskets and instructions.
Brian spoke with Jim at Racer Brown and is having a custom solid roller camshaft ground for it. Specs are [email protected] and .690 lift. This is going to be a mostly street driven car with an occasional trip to the track, and Jim picked a grind that takes that into consideration. We will be running BAM solid rollers and custom push rods.
Headers will be TTI 1 7/8" with a full 3" exhaust with custom mufflers from my old Dart that @VOETOM built for me.
This is about all of the info I got from Brian on this update. I was scribbling notes as fast as I could while he was telling me about the build. I can't answer many specific technical questions. I trust Brian and that's why I chose him to build my engine. His reputation proceeds him and if he says something needs to be done, or if he suggests a specific part I'm going to believe him and go with it. He said he should be able to start sending me pictures as the build progresses and I will keep the thread updated.