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Thank you all for the information and advice in helping diagnose this. It sounds strange like the gear is stripping the teeth. Definitely like it isn't lining up. I will check the starter if it sits flush against the block and I will also take a look at all the teeth on th flywheel and starter...

Need some help everyone, I have a recently rebuilt 440 and the starter drags when I start the car. It has 10.5:1 compression, aluminum heads and a hydraulic roller cam in the 235@.050 range. I had a oem mini starter out of a Dakota and then switched to a powermaster. The timing was set at 16...

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@Kern Dog I was worried about power brakes but this has enough vacuum to drive in the stop and go bay area traffic as well as the usual flowing of traffic and then everyone panic stops. I am happy with this cam. It pulls very hard, but this my first 440 so I can only compare to my old 360 in my...

Thank you everyone for all the replies, @Kern Dog @BSB67 @directconnection @Canadian1968 @davek @Cranky @496 polara I have the icon forged flat top with valve relief pistons for a .040 440. I'm not sure which one but it's whatever one will get you slightly above 10:1 compression with an 84cc...

@Darter6 that's great to know about the Schumacher headers going high 11's. A b body already has a nice amount of clearance to work on the engine but with the tri-y it adds more so it has been nice. Gears make more sense now.

Yeah the gears are not helping either. Maybe when I can save some money for an overdrive or gearvendor I can go to a performance gear like 3.91 too.

I went drag racing for the first time in almost a decade. First time racing my 70 Charger and it was great. I drove 100 miles in bay area traffic to the track, bolted on my drag radials and got two runs in. I went a best of 12.6 at 106. The engine combo is: 440 10:1 compression Stock 440...

Update: The engine will have to be bored and honed. Luckily this still keeps it at .040. I really didn't want to spend a lot of money on this but it is what it is. The engine will be a lot better than what it was. I have stock 440 source heads thay are being looked over by the machine shop, he...

With a feeler gauge pistons appear to be about .055- .060 in the hole. I don't have a dial indicator. Will hopefully by this weekend, have it fully torn apart.

Engine is out. Will check how far in the hole they are and hopefully pull some bearings by this weekend.

Thank you for the detailed write up, I just installed one on my 70 charger too but I must say something looks wrong. The angle seems very harsh. There’s little to no power assist at idle. Any suggestions?

I will be pulling the engine, I just checked the engine casting date and it is a 68 Block. When I have the engine out of my car I will check to see how far down in the hole the pistons are.

I will check to see how far down in the hole the pistons are. I can still see some cross hatch in the cylinders so I guess that's a positive. Here are some more photos. I'm assuming the black line at the top of the cylinders is oil leaking from the valve stem seals?

@diesel_lv. My thoughts exactly. I didn't like seeing that. I don't know what upset me more, seeing the flat tops or the carbon lol. Made me think that there are a lot more miles on this engine than what I was told. Also, Oil pressure is about 40lbs hot and about 60psi on the freeway.