Engine Advice
01-24-2009 | 01:25 PM
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Engine Advice
As some of you may know i am looking to start my first project soon, and i am looking for a running daily driver type of car so that i can see the progress i am making and not give up on it. My big concern is the engine. There are obviously many options i can go with. Should i just rebuild the current engine that is in the car when i get it? Should i build a completely new engine then transplant it into the car?(which would get spendy when you include the new trans.), or should i but a crate motor? Rebuilding the current engine would be the cheapest, which is what i am going for, but what do you guys think?
01-24-2009 | 03:08 PM
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na mate you will find it costs more to build your own engine .
if you do i like low deck big blocks 383's are cheap and are every where .
forged cranks std . the good thing about big block a are they are so strong & last for ever . & there not that much bigger or heavier .
look at muscle motors complete short blocks & crate engines can't go wrong .
if you do i like low deck big blocks 383's are cheap and are every where .
forged cranks std . the good thing about big block a are they are so strong & last for ever . & there not that much bigger or heavier .
look at muscle motors complete short blocks & crate engines can't go wrong .
01-24-2009 | 04:09 PM
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First off, your going to have to find yourself a car. After that, figure out if it really need to have the motor rebuilt or not. A lot of the time you can do simple add-ons and not have to worry abou the block itself (intake, carb, headers, heads, ignition, etc). You would be suprised how much you can get done in a day.
If you have not had any experience or taken classes on rebuilding motors, I would save it for when you have the time, money and someone you trust that can do it with you.
Depending on what you do get for a vehicle and if the motor needs work, it does not always mean that the tranny needs work as well. I have seen plenty of vehicles that needed the bottom end rebuilt of the block and the tranny was just fine.
Like I said, Find a car that you love and then hit us up about it and we will try to do our best to guide you in the right path.
If you have not had any experience or taken classes on rebuilding motors, I would save it for when you have the time, money and someone you trust that can do it with you.
Depending on what you do get for a vehicle and if the motor needs work, it does not always mean that the tranny needs work as well. I have seen plenty of vehicles that needed the bottom end rebuilt of the block and the tranny was just fine.
Like I said, Find a car that you love and then hit us up about it and we will try to do our best to guide you in the right path.
01-24-2009 | 04:35 PM
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First off, your going to have to find yourself a car. After that, figure out if it really need to have the motor rebuilt or not. A lot of the time you can do simple add-ons and not have to worry abou the block itself (intake, carb, headers, heads, ignition, etc). You would be suprised how much you can get done in a day.
If you have not had any experience or taken classes on rebuilding motors, I would save it for when you have the time, money and someone you trust that can do it with you.
Depending on what you do get for a vehicle and if the motor needs work, it does not always mean that the tranny needs work as well. I have seen plenty of vehicles that needed the bottom end rebuilt of the block and the tranny was just fine.
Like I said, Find a car that you love and then hit us up about it and we will try to do our best to guide you in the right path.
If you have not had any experience or taken classes on rebuilding motors, I would save it for when you have the time, money and someone you trust that can do it with you.
Depending on what you do get for a vehicle and if the motor needs work, it does not always mean that the tranny needs work as well. I have seen plenty of vehicles that needed the bottom end rebuilt of the block and the tranny was just fine.
Like I said, Find a car that you love and then hit us up about it and we will try to do our best to guide you in the right path.
01-24-2009 | 09:05 PM
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no one is trying to make your life hell. we understand where you are coming from we all were there once too. sometimes i still am. will tell you why i like mopars number one! i was born into it. two they are easy to work on. on a mopar you dont have to pull the distributor to change the intake.(chevy you do) two if you stay with hydraulic lifter you dont have to adjust the valves (chevy you do adjust and adjust) 3 if you need to swap out the distributor you dont have to worry about being a tooth off when you reinstall one. (chevy u do) if you have a big block and need to change the oil pump you dont have to drop the oil pan!!!! big plus! plus compare HP and TQ ratings between chevy and mopar chevy may be a bit more but look how much higher the chev is in rpms to get that rating.. i know this as nothing to do with what you asked. im just bragging about mopar! lol forgive me
HELP
01-25-2009 | 08:13 AM
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From: MICHIGAN
First off, your going to have to find yourself a car. After that, figure out if it really need to have the motor rebuilt or not. A lot of the time you can do simple add-ons and not have to worry abou the block itself (intake, carb, headers, heads, ignition, etc). You would be suprised how much you can get done in a day.
If you have not had any experience or taken classes on rebuilding motors, I would save it for when you have the time, money and someone you trust that can do it with you.
Depending on what you do get for a vehicle and if the motor needs work, it does not always mean that the tranny needs work as well. I have seen plenty of vehicles that needed the bottom end rebuilt of the block and the tranny was just fine.
Like I said, Find a car that you love and then hit us up about it and we will try to do our best to guide you in the right path.
If you have not had any experience or taken classes on rebuilding motors, I would save it for when you have the time, money and someone you trust that can do it with you.
Depending on what you do get for a vehicle and if the motor needs work, it does not always mean that the tranny needs work as well. I have seen plenty of vehicles that needed the bottom end rebuilt of the block and the tranny was just fine.
Like I said, Find a car that you love and then hit us up about it and we will try to do our best to guide you in the right path.
WOW Well said 3x on that
02-01-2009 | 06:02 PM
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need help first time build 1973 duster
hi i need some advise i own a 1973 duster i have a 440 that the numbers on block say 440-3 what is the 3 and it was made 4/1/75 can anyone tell me what horse and torque it has and cheap ways to get horse power and torque i am a father of 3 and one on the way the wife is all for the build icurrently have a mini tub 6 point roll cage dana 44 rear end 31 16.50.15 in street slicks i want to domost of my own work and just need some advice on what to do to get most POWER FOR CHEAP
02-02-2009 | 03:06 AM
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From: queensland Australia
hi i need some advise i own a 1973 duster i have a 440 that the numbers on block say 440-3 what is the 3 and it was made 4/1/75 can anyone tell me what horse and torque it has and cheap ways to get horse power and torque i am a father of 3 and one on the way the wife is all for the build icurrently have a mini tub 6 point roll cage dana 44 rear end 31 16.50.15 in street slicks i want to domost of my own work and just need some advice on what to do to get most POWER FOR CHEAP
some other free things make your own cold air ducting , use ice / dry ice can incorperated in the duct design so air flows over the cold surfaces .
make a fuel cooler or just tape or strap ice / dry ice around your stock steel fuel line .
block off your exhaust cross over port , you can buy a gasket for this or braze a block off plate .
use morleys or lucus upper cyl lube with you fuel ect to try & clean your heads , even take your extractors / exhaust manifold off clean in side them & while there off clean your exhaust ports best you can .
mate just some free or cheap things to do . one thing may not do much but do em all or a few things & you could knock off 1-2 seconds off your time . you have a light car & big motor .
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