Well it’s been a while but I’ve finally got the 440 back in the truck and running. I had to replace all the wiring due to it cracking and shorting out all over. While I was doing that I bought a Mallory 6al and unilite distributor. The distributor doesn’t have vacuum advance and I am wondering if anyone knows about where the timing should be? I haven’t really had time to play with it but so far I have it set at 14 deg initial and it seems to be running pretty good. Is there anything I should watch out for with this set up? The motor is bored .030 and I’m running CNC ported 516 heads with a 232/245 518 lift cam.

 

Of all the 440s I've had with iron heads I haven't seen one that didn't want 38 degrees total. That said initial timing could be a little more maybe 16 degrees with the total all in by 2500 rpm. I would try a little more timing a/ idle and limit it to 38 total, you can always go back to 14.
Good luck
Tom

 

Thanks for the info Tom, I’ll play with it a little more next week. I’m hoping to be driving it around before the snow falls here in Utah.

 

You said a four letter word SNOW, your in a heap of trouble! Lol

That should be a fairly snoty 440 you have there, what gears and converter do you have?

 

I have ran the HyFire stuff. Worked good for what i was using it for... I agree, looks and sounds like it mite take somemore timing...

 

Right now it has a 3.23 open rear end and I'm not sure what converter it has but I have a 3.54 sure grip that I am in the middle of rebuilding for it.

 

Get the right converter in it and it should be a ripper, haven't seen any pictures in a while how about putting a few up for us?
Thanks Tom

 

I want to do something else with the wheels and tires but I’m still not sure what I want to do.

This is when I just dropped it in

 

Looks great!👍

 

This was just this morning, I still need to do the exhaust and I’m going to drop it 2”

 

My cuda has the same setup, msd 6al,unilite dist. Put in lighter advance springs in the unilite and it really woke it up.

 

Thanks for the tip, I’ll check that out! Nice car by the way, I have always loved the cuda