Recent content by Isaiah Estrada

I know I’m looking for a needle in a haystack, but figured it doesn’t hurt to ask! So I’m sitting on this ‘62 Chrysler and would absolutely love to dress that 413 up. Unlike the later B and RB engines, the heads only accept 4 bolt valve covers. I’m looking for any cool 1960’s style finned...

Looking into some exhaust options for my build. From what I hear, a nice "loud but not too loud" muffler is the factory Hemi muffler. Looking on YouTube, I can't really find any examples of what they sound like! Exhaust system will be hooked up to a stock 440. I'm running some small temporary...

Lol, I wouldn't think that! I have a habit of reacting to all the posts on my threads. I didn't realize I never gave a "thanks" to your response here :thumbsup:

Hello all. I’m looking for parts for a ‘66-‘70 Heater Box with AC. I actually removed this box from my 1968 Chrysler New Yorker; but the heater boxes (at least for AC cars) are the same between B & C bodies. As you can see, being abandoned for 42 years didn’t do this heater box too good...

Hey everyone, I'm back and I think I can confidently say I have tamed this beast... Well, not alone you see! As you all know, I’ve been experiencing some weird issues time and again that have been narrowed down to issues with the carburetor. I had been running a brand new Edelbrock AVS II 650...

Going back to the car today, will report my findings after i troubleshoot the timing issue. Currently, the way I’ve been “setting” my initial timing is to find TDC, then rotate the engine backwards until the mark on the balancer lines up with -10 on the timing tab. I’ll make sure the rotor is...

My bad, was replying to the above comments and forgot to respond to yours! I’ll definitely inspect that gear and see if I have to move it over 1 tooth. Thanks for the tips!

This is a stock spec cam, the exact specs I am not sure of - only that it’s stock replacement for my 440! I’m going to reset my initial today and see where I end up at idle. New stock spec cam, had trouble getting it to run, but finally did. Still, it ran rough but I didn’t want to mess with...

Copy that, I will try again tomorrow and report here! I think the first problem was reading into other forums and filling my head with ideas that make no sense instead of asking the pros here!

Probably a mix of the two! I've made sure I was lined up with 10 BTDC on the damper twice now, but my timing is way up there at idle. Could it be that I'm off a tooth on the dizzy? I've seen some people say this on some forums, but not sure if it's something I should try. If it IS off a tooth...

I may have worded it wrong, the starter cranks the engine over just fine. Here it is in action, Only thing is, sometimes I have to crank it a long time to get it to fire. After a while, it starts to do what it did in the video of my first post. So the question of my timing comes into play again.

A few weeks back, I had been questioning the way my fresh 440 was running. This is my first engine build, so I don't know much - but I could still tell it was running pretty rough. Any adjustments I tried making just made it really upset and so I decided to just let it run for the sake of the...

I did not degree the cam, I received the engine back from the shop essentially put back together save for the water pump, brackets, and other fun stuff (like the dizzy.) Looking back, I understand that would’ve told me exactly where my timing should be! Here’s how it looked when I got it...

Thank you much for this great advice. I must’ve got lucky, as my rotor was pretty close to where I wanted #1 to be. I have heard however, that skipping a tooth to make it line up is needed sometimes also! My firing order is correct (at least I think it is.) 18436572 - I must’ve checked it at...

I had the engine rebuilt by a shop, they installed a new timing gear set + chain. I am unsure if they installed an advanced style crank gear! I am all completely new to this. Had the 440 rebuilt when I was 19 and now I’m 21 barely getting it into the car. Thanks so much for the how to on...