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On his PowerNation series, Stacey David just posted a video in which he installs an aluminum big block stroker motor with Indy heads in his project that he called "Sgt. Rock". As always with Stacey, it's a little bit difficult to tell where the show itself stops and the commercials and the...

I heard Tom Cotter mention in one episode of Hagerty Insurance's "The Barn Find Hunter" that an early hemi block included the bell housing as part of the block casting, which made it weigh a lot more than other blocks. I was not aware of this. What is the scoop? Thank you very much.

I did a forum search for this, but didn't find anything, so I thought I'd point out the link: It seemed to me that the castings on that early BB were the same, or at least pretty similar, to those on my end-of-production 440. The production code on the block of my late 440 is: 8T 440 E...

Hello, everyone. I am sorry to have to ask your help again concerning the reassembly of the 440 in my '78 D300. I bought and installed the non-A/C brackets for the P/S pump and mounted the pump. I have a 4-groove front pulley. The P/S pump pulley wants to run in the second engine pulley...

(If forgot how it came apart!) Does the longer of the two heater hose nipples go toward the inside or the outside of the engine? I'm getting rid of the old R-12 A/C system because it hasn't worked for years and never will again. Will I be able to use one of the mounting brackets for the A/C...

The factory seemed to think it was important because they put it in bold print, but I'm afraid I don't understand what would happen if the camshaft did contact the welch plug in the rear of the block. Would somebody please clue me in? So if it is necessary to hold the camshaft forward when...

Pardon me if this is dumb, guys, but here's a picture of Rock Auto's page on their 440 timing sets. Which one do you think would be appropriate for my old engine? I want a steel, double-roller-chain set; nothing fancy, but good quality. Also, what's the deal with 1-bolt vs. 3-bolt cam gears...

Crank but no start. It sure sounds like the timing is off when I crank it. It backfires through the carb and kicks back on the starter when I squirt starting fluid into the ThermoQuad. Without the starting fluid it will hardly fire at all. I've got 6.9 volts on the primary of the coil with...

I hope you guys don't mind if I ask you about a 440 that's not in an A-body. The low-compression 440 that I have in my '78 D-300 dually is original, never rebuilt, but it starts and runs well, hot or cold, EXCEPT when trying to start the truck after it has been sitting in the sun on a hot day...

I had to do a ThermoQuad rebuild on my 440, so I took the opportunity to also remove the valve covers and intake manifold in order to clean them up and paint them. I did nothing to the crankcase or oil pump, and of course there aren't any oil galleries that become exposed in removing and...

I'm doing an engine compartment resto on my '78 440. The previous owner lost/trashed the spark plug wire routing separators and brackets. Could somebody please tell me what kind of brackets and separators belong on a '78? The valve covers do still have welded to them the factory-stock sheet...

I'm having a little trouble keeping exhaust manifold gaskets in my 440. It has headers. I need recommendations for: (1) what would be a good gasket to use; and (2) any other installation suggestions to make the gaskets last longer? The headers do use a special, small-head bolt in a couple of...

I'm still on the learning curve, and I want to thank all you guys for the help and advice you've given me with my '62 Valiant LA-block conversion: I have one big question, though. What do you do with the inner fenderwells on an early, skinny A-body (1960-62 Valiant or Lancer) when you swap in...