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hello, many thanks for the input, a pal has loaned me a leakdown kit so will be doing that monday, also the thought of my timing gear being bit @@@ does also make sense! i will be trying a 650 carb on there as the 750 overfueling, yes this will not help a worn engine but i am sure not help the...

many thanks, my thoughts werethis, generally the oil scraper rings softer than the compression rings and they be the first to go and possibly cause the engine to smoke, since this is not the case i figured a head swap may help, going to be changing heads either way so if i go and change just...

hello there, just a quickie, have a 66 casting 440 lo comp motor in my four speed barracuda, has 906 heads and a real slug,has run hot and overheated due to air leak on inlet manifold, since cured that, runs fluffy up to 2800 pm then clears after that and runs ok,thats a carb prob that being...

oh well it all went a little tits up, air leaks on carb base and inlet to head, going to remove tomorrow and take to pal in machine shop, see how true the faces are, and if can take a little off without buggering up alignment. bit miffed as a sealed up not long ago taking time to clean up...

hello there, the casting numbers indicate it is a 65 year but told it be a 66, i do have a not of the full number somwhere.

hello, its 65 on the casting,it runs nice but not seem to have the livleyness, has been suggested a pair of closed chamber heads and cam wake up the sleeping giant!

hello there, roling road? dont you have these stateside?

hello, yes, the year of block, sorry.

no takers?

hello all, finally getting my ol girl to the rolling road, same guy tuned my barracuda when it was a 318, now its a 440, running a four speed, 906 heads, proform 750 carb, edelbrock dual plane inlet,shumacker headers,no idea cam but guessing stock due to idle, the motor a low comp but 65 casting...

many thanks, prob save up my pennys and get mine rebuilt, appreciate the advice!

hello all, have a 68 cuda 440ci manual, motor a 66 low comp and its started breathing little,no smoke but rings prob on way,it has 906 heads and could do with a freshen up, i saw this on the evil bay and stuff like this not turn up that often,would it be overkill on a street car? be easier to...

pal has offered me a head/cam combo, some flowed 915 heads with bigger valves and a 484 lift cam and followers said this should pick my comp up, whos guess what power itll make,bound to blow out some cobwebs! hi there, many thanks for the help, think this the way to go! tubular uca and flaming...

pal has offered me a head/cam combo, some flowed 915 heads with bigger valves and a 484 lift cam and followers said this should pick my comp up, whos guess what power itll make,bound to blow out some cobwebs!

hello there and thankyou for all the input, really appreciated! trying to find somone over here who can work on iron heads leave alone somone who knows what they are doing seems to be as rare as rocking horse s@@t. im 50/50 on buying brand new ali heads so i know i got somthing that will work...

hello, what i have done is bought some closed chamber heads to rebuild for my car without even knowing what heads i had on there at the moment,what i was saying was i had just discovered they are open chamber 906 on there which i will be dumping in favour of the others once spruced up, sorry...

many thanks, would you go stainless valves or not? im going to take one of my heads off to do a static comp test and see what my bores are like,i have heard that i may have to pocket the pistons :D i dont want waaay too much compresstion where it becomes a mare to drive,just perk it up a little...

hello there, just looked, mine are 906 so with a bit of work these could be good and worth changing to a closed chamber

many thanks for the input, will check casting numbers in morning, the car going to be street,im told my shumacker headers only cope with 500hp so probobally not get full benefit from ally ones other than the weight loss and although not as easy to work with i reakon a well cleaned up set of iron...

hi there, will i know by head casting numbers?

hello, i have a chance on some heads, yeh they preetty scrap value stateside but not much happening here in uk, these worth the effort? my engine a 66 <65 casting> 440,ali inlet, shumacker headers,holley 750 carb.my plan was to wake her up a little with some kb pistons,keep my six pack rods and...

back from the paint shop sat, ben 10 green lol, 440ci 4 speed,not many here in uk!

many thanks for the input, the motor was originally from a b body gtx i believe and know there were no issues <just lucky?> with sump/pan clearance,im going to take a look under there shortly, i cannot get it high enough to swap over, and weather getting crap here in uk so plan was to put it...

hello, have a 440 in my 68 barracuda, oil pan has split that has got progresivley worse so ive bought a new one see pic ,anyone know if these can be changed in situ or does engine have to be raised etc to allow access, sorry if this sounds dumb,i dropped the engine straight in over two years...

veeeery nice, love the dash, rocky mountain? im still trying to find one!!!

cheers for info guys! im only just getting to sort the engine side of things! had 6 yrs, been on/off road all that time,318/440,now everyyhing else coming together looking to gain some hp, car never run strip,knackered 4 speed stopped that<goin auto> turns out my motor probobally from a...

want to freshen up my 440,rather than buy another block and build up/swap im going to use my early one,<66 i think> its a good runner just rebuilt 20 odd years ago and i want to change pistons/heads and cam.its a street car, occasional strip, worth the extra on a steel crank? so many different...

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many thanks, the car far from stock,its for street use mainly, the engine a pre production<65> 440 with 4 speed manual, i have a holly 750 vac sec,edelbrock performer dual plane inlet,stock 906 heads and the cam is verrry mild as it idles well,i want a cam/head combo to liven things up but...

mopar source stealth 440 heads any of these made in usa or are they like "procomp" please excuse my ignorance, have very limited info here in uk but tild they better out the box than eddys..........any info at all be well appreciated,going ally heads, overkill on a street only 440ci A body/...