440 Six-Pack Problems

[Jvz]

I just completed assembling a 440 Six-Pack Motor for my 1972 Charger and
have a few questions.

It's a 1967 block bored .030 over. All parts were purchased new back in 2007
from PAW that is now out of business.

It's a newer Six Pack set-up with 3 Holly 2 barrel carburetors on a Edelbrock manifold.

The other specs are:  Steel crank, Speed Pro Pistons, Edelbrock aluminum performer rpm heads,
Hughes roller rocker arms, Mopar hydraulic lifters.

As for the cam, I don't know the specs, (this sucks, as I have no paper work and there were no markings on the cam)
When I ordered the motor I asked for a cam that would allow it to be a performance street vehicle, around 450 HP.

I have a 727  Torqueflite transmission, 8 3/4" rear end (429 case with 3.23 gears).
The torque convertor is supposed to be 2,200 - 2,400 stall speed.

Ignition is MSD with a Pro-Billet distributor from (440 source) I currently have about 10 degrees advance @ 900 rpm.

If I put it in gear at 900 RPM the motor will die, I have to go to about (1,100 rpm in neutral) in order  to idle at 800 in gear.

1: Is my stall convertor maybe wrong or not a stall convertor at all?

When I start out, it has a low end hesitation until I get the rpm up a little, and when it shifts it dogs a bit until rpm goes up.
Once moving, if I get on it, it takes off.  I have a Facet Gold Flow electric fuel pump I'm using from my old (383/ 4 barrel motor)

2:  Could the Six-Pack set up be fuel starved?

When I measure manifold vacuum while revving the engine I read about 12 to 15 on the vacuum meter.
Outboard carbs on a Six-Pack are operated by vacuum.

3: Could the cam be to big for a Six-Pack set up?  It also lopes quite a bit at idle.

Temperature on the motor runs very high, it gets up to 215 degrees very fast. I have a high volume water pump,
new seven blade clutch fan and had a new 180 thermostat, that I took out to see if that was the problem, it heated slower,
but still reached 215 and that's when I shut it down. The radiator ran fine with the old 383 motor but I understand
high compression engines run hotter. I'm not using coolant yet, just water as I'm breaking in the motor.

Any help or thoughts will be greatly appreciated.

John

[c00nhunterjoe]

Make sure you have the correct preload on the lifters. Verify base and total timing, its going to probably want more initial then what you have given it. Try 15-16. What radiator is in the car?

[Jvz]

Thank's I'll check those things out.
jvz