Author Topic: How long will this last?  (Read 1928 times)

moparniac

  • Guest
Re: How long will this last?
« Reply #15 on: April 17, 2009 - 08:08:01 AM »
DANA 60  :working:




Offline cudadave72

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 1857
  • you motorboatin sob!!!
Re: How long will this last?
« Reply #16 on: April 17, 2009 - 10:44:44 AM »
You dont mean one of these do you?? :burnout: :icon16: :icon16:
1972 BS23 H code Cuda, B5 blue, 340 streched to 416 cu in, 727 w/ 8 3/4 rear, 7.23 in the 1/8 mile and 11.38@117mph in the 1/4 on drag radials   Under restoration! Coming soon... 440cuin R3 Indy SMALL BLOCK monster!!!!


moparniac

  • Guest
Re: How long will this last?
« Reply #17 on: April 17, 2009 - 11:03:53 AM »
is that yours.. if so awesome!!!!!!

Offline cudadave72

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 1857
  • you motorboatin sob!!!
Re: How long will this last?
« Reply #18 on: April 17, 2009 - 11:39:00 AM »
Yeah the picture is mine!!! :roflsmiley: :bigsmile:
1972 BS23 H code Cuda, B5 blue, 340 streched to 416 cu in, 727 w/ 8 3/4 rear, 7.23 in the 1/8 mile and 11.38@117mph in the 1/4 on drag radials   Under restoration! Coming soon... 440cuin R3 Indy SMALL BLOCK monster!!!!


Offline moper

  • Resident
  • *****
  • Posts: 2368
Re: How long will this last?
« Reply #19 on: April 17, 2009 - 12:15:39 PM »
What about the casting webs by the main caps? Mopars are tought little motors but if its making an HONEST 745 REAR WHEEL HP what is that like 800 HP at the motor..come on. Common sense says something is going to break.

Freak, the big blocks are the ones with the main webbing issues. Small blocks do not suffer that. Only some cap flex. I agree the hardest part is sealing the heads permanently. But, if it's 8:1, and good gaskets and studs were used, maybe even wires, it should live fine.

Offline 71chally416

  • Resident
  • *****
  • Posts: 3170
    • The Streetwalker
Re: How long will this last?
« Reply #20 on: April 17, 2009 - 03:17:11 PM »
They used to put superchargers and Nitro through the old 392's. They didn't last long but they did it when no other motor could handle it then for even 1 run. Nitro is pretty hard on parts. They are very similar in design to the A motor. That's why they have the weird lifter angle. They never changed it from the 1st Gen Hemi. Of course they had some thick cylinder walls back then before the "thinwall casting" technique came into vogue.   
Once we had Ronald Reagan, Bob Hope & Johnny Cash. Now we have Obama, No Hope and No Cash!