Hagerty Redline rebuilds - 440 Teardown

[73PlyRR]

Don't know if you all watch this channel but he has some great time lapse engine tear downs and rebuilds.
One of the first ones he did was a first gen HEMI.

But this series he is doing a 440.

 

[Richard Cranium]

It's amazing to me that an engine that was previously balanced, sump deepened and installed with notched pistons & a 3-bolt camshaft was that sludgy inside & that grungy on the outside..

 

[Cranky]

It's amazing to me that an engine that was previously balanced, sump deepened and installed with notched pistons & a 3-bolt camshaft was that sludgy inside & that grungy on the outside..

Mostly likely it's from a lack of maintenance and an abundance of abuse. The different casting numbers on the heads tells ya something too.

 

[66Satellite47]

So much incorrect info. Oh well. He doesn't know much about a BB Mopar.

 

[Cranky]

So much incorrect info. Oh well. He doesn't know much about a BB Mopar.

And when someone calls a cam bearing a bushing.......

 

[whyjay]

Oiling through pushrods. Hummmmmm

 

[fratzog lover]

So what was that noise at 8:34?

 

[moparedtn]

I love the Hagerty YT channel and especially what Davin and Tom do on their shows.
Yes, Davin doesn't do many Mopars and I've already told him about his pushrod oiling comment.
On the other hand, he's done about everything else, is a decades-long racer as well and
how he and their favorite machine shop does their work is just fine - all without any scripted
horseshit drama, too.

Y'all need to do some homework on where the engine came from to begin with - it was in an old
dirt track car (the '37 Ford) in SW Virginia from decades ago. Originally found by Tom on his
Barn Find Hunters YT show, if you do some digging, you'll actually meet the owner and his family
(he's very old now) and hear all sorts of history on where the car came from (and his history
with the Petty clan!).

Ok, resume cherry-picking...

 

[66Satellite47]

As a viewer, don't think I should research where an engine came from. May be an interesting thing for him to mention though. The thing that bugged me was the discussion about the heads, great to point out the difference, he implied they are essentially the same. Not so. Completely different intake ports, his combustion chamber #'s are the NHRA spec, nowhere near actual CC's, his flow numbers way optimistic and unlikely to be equal given the difference in head design. Didn't comment on the cam as obviously aftermarket, with the three bolt configuration. His comments about valve spring color are worthwhile, that they are different, some stock are red, not sure about blue meaning. Good comment about identifying how the bottom end had been balanced.

 

[67440chrg]

I like the show. No drama or bs. They bring back mostly to original not much aftermarket. Period correct if any it seems.

 

[73PlyRR]

I like the show, 67440chrg is correct no BS drama "we are on a tight timeline and need to get this rusted out 1982 Mustang II fully frame off restoration with a blown LS Swap engine, chip foose custom 27 wheels and custom interior in time for the SEMA show in 2 weeks" garbage. He's been working on a 1950 chevy pickup with a straight 6 and I've enjoyed the heck out of that series.