Recent content by rickseeman

One year at Indy for the Mopar Hemi Challenge, Charlie Wescott Jr blew an engine in his 68 SS/AH. Jr said "we're done, load it up, we can't make it to the line in 45 minutes". Then Sr said "yes we can". And they made it to the line in 45 minutes.

If you want roller rocker arms the easiest way is the old Stage V rockers now made by Manton. I asked a few months ago and they were around $3,250.

Kinda makes a guy want to put some hub caps on it and throw them off in San Francisco

Find a friend with a Bridgeport and have him mill the crossover off as in the picture

If it's a 68 Hemi Charger you know we gots ta have pix!!!

Looks good to be 60 years old.

In one article I read they said that "specially selected" referred to "A" engines. I think they were referring to the 4 large white letters on the outside of the block above the pan rail? I would have guessed they wouldn't want that. I would assume they would want a looser engine for drag...

The custom version allows for a little better porting. I think Ray told me he gets 440 or a little better out of them. But I'm no help to the OP because I don't know if they are big valve or high port or who ported them etc. Too bad there's probably not a head shop near Napa. Customs are very...

There was a Stage V replacement head and a custom head. If yours say Hansen on them the are probably the custom heads. I used to buy the replacement heads. But either way usually I don't think either one of them could really be used "as-is". I've had many. Altho Stage V did offer some ported I'm...

As you both are thinking CH would be a block for a 1967 car with a 426 Hemi. Hopefully when Jim's book gets there it will say it should be like a normal 1967 Street Hemi. That will make the block search much easier.

I don't think the C & H are transposed. I believe that block is for a 68 Dart or Barracuda and HC is high compression.

Yes, but I assume that would be for a Dart or a Barracuda. As I said, I'm no expert on 67's and it seems illogical to me that they would stamp a 67 engine HC for high compression when it's not high compression.

I realize that sometimes Chrysler documents are wrong or will be superseded but...

They may call it a detuned version of a 65 but I think when the dust settles it will turn out to be a Street Hemi short block. I'm no expert, just my guess. And that makes finding a block at least 100 times easier.

I'm into 65's and 68's and really know almost nothing about 67's. But I was thinking that they are 10.5 compression. If they were, I assume the stamping on the top pad will not say HC and possibly not MP. Maybe the same stamping as a Street Hemi. Which would make a block a lot easier to find.