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Yup, always different outcomes. One thing i didn't mention is that I didn't have stock heads, they were on performer RPM heads which have could have made a slight difference.....

I actually tried to install those on my 71 440 B-body. I had clearance issues and the shortys would touch the inner fenderwells prior to getting the motor to seat into the motor mounts. I believe Hedman's website said they were a fit, but not for me. I ended up getting Hedman longtube ceramic...

Yes, good point and a concern as well. Before I set lash, I did a leak down test on all cylinders and everything seemed to check out OK.

Yes, apparently cam was fine on first go-round. When i tore it down for the rear main and reassembled, i must have been complacent and not lined up the timing chain gear marks, yes a decent fuk up. wouldn't have thought this was the issue but ran out of items to trouble shoot... lesson learned...

Well, I went back to square one literally and found the rookie error.... She's all back together and fired up on the first try, appreciate the advice....

Once the engine was dropped back in, the original 440 distributor was in the motor and utilized throughout everything i was trouble shooting. I only added the MSD distributor after the fact as a means of verifying that the distributor was not the problem. I did the same thing with the coil. So...

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All this is good feedback, i'll run through this today. To answer your question, i basically did a tear down, i removed the crank and replaced the entire rear main. heads were removed, rockers, etc. put it back together the same way(or so i thought)

Yes, i have spark to each cylinder, i have removed the plugs and turned over while plug arcs to ground. The firing order is based on the Chrysler BB. your statement rings true about it running before, i just can't seem to find the gremlin.

The original distributor was a mech advance that I bought from 440 source. It came with little to no literature so not much to go on there. I read about some challenges on the forum regarding the advance curves hence my rationale to go ahead and opt for the much pricier MSD equivalent.... old...

Seems to be the consensus. I haven't played around with the new MSD distributor that I dropped in, so I'll do some more troubleshooting there, verify TDC again and play with the timing some more. With fuel and compression verified, there shouldn't be too much left to check, not too many bells...

yes, I suspected this as well and chased the rabbit. I set TDC, went another revolution on the crank and re-fired. Result was a little back spout of fuel from the carburetor. Still no cough or fire, but this let me to suspect the original TDC was on target.

Looking for a little help here: I built a 440 RB and had a good time time doing it, however I'm struggling with starting it up. I built this engine, dropped it in, and it started up fairly easily on initial startup. That being said, the rear main did not seal up and slung quite a bit of oil. I...

Having trouble finding headers to clear on a 440 into a 71 RR. Just tried Hedman 78076 HTC mid length headers via edelbrock performer heads, but the clearance is too tight, I'm rubbing on the strut inner fender walls. Any suggestions? Perhaps some full length to keep the tubes tighter/closer to...