First-Time Engine Builder on the Dyno - 440 MOPAR Roars

Play that zappa moon bead george i love it

Nice build....and great job....good content and thanks....🔧🔧👍

Nick you total legend :), Aussie here,
WHEN I win he lottery I'll be seeing you for a classic Mopar build :),
cheers

Not sure what the cam specs are or what the compression is, but an aluminum headed 440 should have no trouble making 525-550hp.

Reminds me of a 65 satellite i had 383 with 440 heads in 1975 780 holly it would pull and throw you in the back seat

Nice looking, nice sounding, & a nice performing engine.
Good job Kendall.

Nice build Kendall! Great seeing this on the dyno! Merry Christmas to Nick, George , nicks brother and all the crew!

I want to know, when do you know when to adjust the absorber?
This first time engine builder says "I don't know" a lot.
At the end should have reinstalled the 4 hole spacer.

loved this episode. Had a 440 Police Pursuit engine, (stamped on the block tag) I dropped into my first 69 Bee in 1977. wish I had that car now.

Good evening guys!!! 460+HP is not bad, NOT BAD AT ALL for a first time engine builder!!! Great job, Kendall!!! Makes me wanna build one!!!! Great week and Merry Christmas, love, joy and peace to all at Nick's garage!!!

Are you mesuring the timing without vacume advance? So 34 degrees vacumehose of

Thumper carb would have hit 500HP easy.

HP is nice to talk about, but it's the torque that makes a car fun on the street. 500+ ft.lbs. @ 5,000 rpm is going to be a LOT of fun in an E-body !

I have test 32 Deegres taiming!! Mayby 470hp??

Merry Christmas from Detroit, nice build, see you on Woodward

Nicely done Kendall. Building an engine is like writing music. If there's a sour note, everyone will hear it. Your engine plays Mozart. Merry Christmas!

Haven’t watched it yet but what a beautiful looking engine. It’s a credit to you.

That’s a pretty sweet first build - congratulations on some great numbers and what’s sure to become a sweet E body

Great Build Kendall!!!! The 440 sounds great and you brought it to the right place !!!! Nick's Garage !!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO MR.NICK ,GEORGE ,MANNY ,MELISSA, AND THE KREW !!!! AND MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE HERE !!!! GOD BLESS YOU......

Yes sir merry Christmas to you all

A 440 is an awesome first build If I was Kendal I'd be thrilled He's booked it in with Nick for a dyno test cuz everyone knows Nick's Garage is the best and they've got mechanical empathy so their clients are blessed Merry Christmas to all and to all a Merry Christmas Thanks Nick Kendal and George

Great Build Kendall and great guidance from the 440 Master...

That stumble on acceleration would drive me nuts.

was going to put 515hp but my finger slipped to the end so. eating chips.

That genuine slow smile of Nick's when he heard the static compression was 200. No wonder he wanted to keep tinkering. They would have gotten to 500 HP.👍

That will make your E body a lot of fun to drive! Great choice of parts you used in this build!👍

Nice job Kendall 👍 😎

Another great night with the dyno! That engine is going to be great once it's in a car.
Thanks to Nick and George for dyno night and to Kendall for the great engine build.
MERRY CHRISTMAS GUYS!

"Lefty Mudersbach is up ahead. All hope he's running right... he moves way ahead of the Howard Cam Special, and... he takes it! The winner, Lefty Mudersbach, on the street side..."

Great build Kendall !!!

Nice build , cool to find a nice Dart to put it in .. Well Merry Christmas to all and Build On

Kendall, you done real good 😉 Excellent choice in cams as far as duration. You don’t need a huge cam on the street. They aren’t very enjoyable. Howard’s was a great choice.

Wow, Kendall did a GREAT job for his first time 440 - a BIG congratulations to him! Runs great and NO LEAKS either!

Funny how he's looking for peak horsepower but he just plays guesswork with the timing I've never seen such lack of skill from someone that's supposed to be so skilled he kind of reminds me of some redneck that's been slaving away in his garage for 20 years hasn't stepped out and is still using tools from a hundred years ago I would like to see someone bring him a fuel injection set up a full hallway system see if he can figure that out

Great job Kendall, congratulations on a fine 440 build.
Nice job Nick on the Dyno testing.
Merry Christmas to Nick and the whole staff at Nicks Garage.
Merry Christmas Kindall.

Merry Christmas to you and yours Nick!

My first was a 327 from my 68 Chevelle. My first car in 1988 when I was in HS. It was a 396SS car but the original owner’s son snuck it out and blew up the 396 with a missed shift. The dad was a sales manager at a Chevy store, they had a L79 replacement (early 70s at the time) that he decided to use.
By 1988 it smoked on hot starts and used oil. Nothing fancy on the rebuild other than a bigger cam, 3 angle valve job with hardened seats and some lighter JE pistons. We did it in my auto shop class at Valley HS in Vegas.
I sold that engine to a buddy with a 67 Nova when I was in the Navy. My second build was a 427. Also traded the M-20 for a M-22. Machine work on that one was done by PAW.

Sounds like the owner is a scaredy cat, Factory Motors will turn 5500 anyway

With the RPM intakes, they seem to like 4 hole up to cams that are 230*@.050 or less. Start going bigger it needs an open spacer for the higher RPM.

What was your fastest mph running nitro?

Phil’s great.

460 Hp is pretty good, I'd certainly be happy with it. Better than 1 HP per cube. Where are the sheetmetal valvecovers from? I want to get a set of those.

Merry Christmas from Monroe Michigan 😊

Put a real performance carb on it.

Hey Nick
I bought the Vanishing Point book & saw the pic of your KOWASKI plate!
Cool Congrats

It's nice to watch a master at his game.

Kendall did good!!
Thanks Nic for being a great guy and knowing so much about these cars we love.