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Post by Jer on Jan 22, 2009 11:06:53 GMT -5
Yes, great car to start with. Any ideas on the engine rebuild? If we're putting it to a vote, Scott, I vote you rebuild that motor to stock, factory, original... That way you can enjoy it as it was meant to be for awhile, before you start messing with different cranks, pistons, connecting rods, cams, rockers, carbs, manifolds,ignition types... It just seems to be that once a car owner enters the world of stokers and other engine mods, they also enter into a world of constantly "tweaking" this, or adjusting that, and they miss out on just the sheer pleasure of driving a well functioning machine that doesn't need daily "fix-its". There are many, many High Performance addicts who will disagree with me, and that's fine, but I just reply that Ma Mopar put out a fine motor from the factory (especially the 440) and rebuilding to stock is going to free you up of a lot of enjoyment and driving time....and money. Do the exotic stuff next time around!! #stirthepot# #stirthepot# |
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Post by saabbo58 on Jan 23, 2009 23:39:16 GMT -5
Probably won't rebuild the original motor, it runs very strong and has only 42K miles. I WILL replace the timing chain with a "non-plastic" aftermarket version, and probably replace the valve stem seals, oils pan and valve cover gaskets, etc. and detail the exterior of the engine, might put on a new high volume oil pump too....
The OEM chain on my other 72 rallye (tawny gold, hardtop, 440 AT car) jumped and bent the valves, I'm not going to have that happen to this one! I highly recommend to anyone with an original 440 engine replacing the timing chain, since the originals use plastic on the teeth to keep noise down, these eventually disintegrate and skip!
Scott
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Post by DynoDave on Jan 24, 2009 7:07:19 GMT -5
Probably won't rebuild the original motor, it runs very strong and has only 42K miles. I WILL replace the timing chain with a "non-plastic" aftermarket version, and probably replace the valve stem seals, oils pan and valve cover gaskets, etc. and detail the exterior of the engine, might put on a new high volume oil pump too.... The OEM chain on my other 72 rallye (tawny gold, hardtop, 440 AT car) jumped and bent the valves, I'm not going to have that happen to this one! I highly recommend to anyone with an original 440 engine replacing the timing chain, since the originals use plastic on the teeth to keep noise down, these eventually disintegrate and skip! Scott Good plan. Using 38 year old nylon in a high stress area is probably a bad idea. |
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Post by stanmanjay on Feb 7, 2009 17:27:55 GMT -5
WOW  two 1972 U code Rallyes! SWEEEEEEEET!  Have pics of my 72 U code Rallye in light blue on another thread. Nice to see another Rallye owner on here. |
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Post by DynoDave on Feb 8, 2009 9:05:16 GMT -5
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two 1972 U code Rallyes! SWEEEEEEEET! 
Have pics of my 72 U code Rallye in light blue on another thread. Nice to see another Rallye owner on here.