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Offline angelo78

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thanks heaps for the help and advice.. 440 is alive
« on: December 30, 2016 - 05:01:54 AM »
Just a thanks to everyones advice on getting a bit more hp out of my 440.

I ended up going with the lunati voodoo 702 cam lifters and matching springs. (Had a comp cams 268h)

Home ported a set of 516 closed chamber heads, 2.14 intake valves and 1.81 exhaust valves with a 80cc chamber (had 906 heads)

Replace felpro .050 thick gaskets with .020 mopar steel gaskets.

Comp is now 9.1 to 1

End results is a huge improvement.  Could not be happier with such little changes.

Took a mate for a drive and his comment was " f#ck me what did you do "  haha.

Have not run it on a dyno or anything but if you mash the loud pedal anywhere in first or second gear it just fries the tyres and thats with a 4 speed manual 3.23 diff gears and 255 tyres with a posi.  And it sure didnt do that before.

So massive thanks to everyone :cheers: :cheers:






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Re: thanks heaps for the help and advice.. 440 is alive
« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2016 - 01:32:01 PM »
Good on ya!  It feels really good when a plan not only comes together but it also works really well!  :2thumbs:

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Re: thanks heaps for the help and advice.. 440 is alive
« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2016 - 05:45:32 PM »
Thanks strawdawg. The knowledge on this forum is priceless!  No way would the result be as good without it  :ylsuper:

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Re: thanks heaps for the help and advice.. 440 is alive
« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2016 - 12:43:15 AM »
Awesome  :2thumbs:

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Re: thanks heaps for the help and advice.. 440 is alive
« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2016 - 02:05:42 AM »
Love it. Cudabob

Big thanks to you Chryco  :thinkerg:

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Re: thanks heaps for the help and advice.. 440 is alive
« Reply #6 on: December 31, 2016 - 06:07:52 PM »
Always glad to help   :cheers:

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