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So the latest episode is just wow....just wow. J.Rob

First off I despise 383's possibly more than the 318. The 383 has no right to call itself a big block. I've built more than a few and they always disappoint. ALWAYS. I've actually been refusing to build them if the customer wants a " stock rebuild, im only cruising, don't care about performance"...

Just wanted to share last weeks work menu. I've been line-honing a little longer than line boring and the two go hand in hand but line boring is seldom necessary. However when installing aftermarket caps with .100"+ to remove line boring is an absolute. Before I was capable of this operation I...

Ok so this one was a long journey but a very satisfying one in the end. A young man showed up at the shop in the summer of 2017 asking about a big block build based on a 400 he had--said he had found me through some of the EMC magazine articles and wanted a pretty serious street engine for his 4...

I recently had a customer bring in a set of 240's to look over. I offered to put them on the flowbench for the knowledge. Again TF is making some nice products for the Mopar crowd. J.Rob .100 72.5 .200 150.3 .300 219.2 .400 273 .500 307 .550 316 .600 316 .650 322 .700 321...

Had another shop bring in a 440 block and the entire 440 source cap/girdle kit for me to install and machine. For those that don't know 440 Source makes their caps for the smaller main bearing diameter of the 383/400 --the rough bore is about 2.750" so to take that out to 2.940" is .190" of...

I don't know where the customer acquired them but I was shipped a pair of TF 270's for the upcoming Twin Trq-Storm SC 452 build. I disassembled them as a spring change is in order amongst checking the guides and seat work. Pulled up Trickflow's advertised flow numbers and put one on the SF-1020...

Almost there on the 512 build that I spoke about quite awhile ago. Shortblock is completely buttoned up. I think for a stock appearing oil pan that fits great/priced right and has some decent looking baffling the Mancini Racing 6qt is hard to beat. A few pics of the mock up to check for various...

Picked up an assembled longblock 400 last week and after disassembly and degreasing in the jet wash--blasting took care of the paint/rust and really caked on muck. I really like clean castings to work with. Spent the morning on this block--removing dowels, tapping all holes, light deburring...

This one is a bit of a budget oriented big cube project. In the interest of saving $$ I'm reusing some Icon pistons with a 1.867" Comp Ht and a 6.7" rod with a 4.375" stroke put the dished pistons .042" above deck. Fortunately the piston is one of those step head types and only a small portion...

This will be interesting as these builds are currently underway and will be completed within a few months of each other--OK maybe 6-9 months . The first one out of the gate will be the 512 B wearing the Edelbrock 5090's (which IMO best bang for the buck BBM aluminum cylinder head out there)...

Had a set of these sent to me to see if I could do anything with them. Boy are they in rough shape. Cracked rocker stands, stripped sparkplugs and broken through pushrod pinches. Still I picked a "good" port and put them on the bench just to see. They have some weird features in the port to be...

Have been officially commissioned to build a supercharged big block Mopar looking for BIG power. Rundown: 440 block 4.350" x 3.850" = 458 cubes 7.1 H beams Icon piston Custom SFT camshaft Trickflow 240 heads Twin Torqstorm SC' and a blow thru AED carb 750 I think This should be a very...

This is what we built for last years contest. The article can be found in next issue of Mopar Muscle or online. I'm surprised its online before the magazine published it. J.Rob https://www.hotrod.com/how-to/engine/1504-this-chrysler-big-block-has-a-twist-windows-in/

Like the title implies I had the chance to test a 440 RB @ 9.4 static compression ratio and then again (due to an oil leak) @ 10.4 static compression. This is a 446 I recently built for a customer using '915 heads and flat top Wiseco forged pistons. It ran all right during the initial dyno...

Like title says , I thought seeing what went into this build would be of interest to some so here is what it took to build a budget conscious Mopar stroker for use in the 2013 EngineMaster's Challenge. The 3 main rules were 3000-7000rpm test range, hydraulic lifters, 11.5 comp, 1.75" throttle...