max wedge motors

[Stegs]

well i got in a youtube marathon yesterday afternoon

came across mopars by mosher, i guess these guys are max wedge gurus

i thought i would post some videos of them and these max wedge motors


These things sound pretty healthy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smKUSX2bc0o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMjavTrMQlg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf3yCLnQ6Ak

and a video of hodges dodges

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_HX2ZuMNgE&list=UUIbUVe123M7_wjh-a6wZLEQ

[Bandit72]

Idles like a can full of rocks! Love it!

[BB14404SPD]

Dale Reed is a badass! He is the engine builder. I am going to have him build my 440!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=229_Oko1woQ

[ACUDANUT]

Is there any market for a '63 426 wedge ?  Mine still runs, but I don't know if is a Max wedge.

[Ghoste]

Small market for the regular head ones, they were so overshadowed by the max that too many people don't give them a chance.  Easy enough to tell if its a max with casting numbers, do the heads have unusual manifolds or the ports in an odd position?

[Stegs]

Dale Reed is a badass! He is the engine builder. I am going to have him build my 440!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=229_Oko1woQ

make sure you get a video of it running and make sure to post it here!!

[Cooter]

We have 600 C.I. small blocks now....426 C.I.? Market? Street wedge? Doubt it when pistons for it will cost about double what 440 pistons do.

[ACUDANUT]

Small market for the regular head ones, they were so overshadowed by the max that too many people don't give them a chance.  Easy enough to tell if its a max with casting numbers, do the heads have unusual manifolds or the ports in an odd position?

My 426 has had the original intake manifold removed and a now has a after market aluminum one on it. There are two holes in my hood (opposite sides) from where the dual carbs were.  My 70 Charger has a "6 pack hood scoop" on it.

[Ghoste]

Are the ports in the stock location or are they relocated?

[Mike DC]

We have 600 C.I. small blocks now

Umm . . . what? 

Surely the raw bore spacing makes that impractical.  I suppose people can build tall-deck aftermarket blocks & give it a 3-foot stroke, but that doesn't do anything about the valve size limitations. 

[Bandit72]

We have 600 C.I. small blocks now

Umm . . . what? 

Surely the raw bore spacing makes that impractical.  I suppose people can build tall-deck aftermarket blocks & give it a 3-foot stroke, but that doesn't do anything about the valve size limitations. 

http://www.enginelabs.com/news/cfe-develops-600-cubic-inch-small-block-engine/

[ACUDANUT]

Are the ports in the stock location or are they relocated?

No they look to be the original ports.

[Ghoste]

I don't think it a Max Wedge then, I believe they all have relocated ports on them.  John Kunkel has (or has had) Max Wedge cars though so I would bet he'd know for sure.

[ACUDANUT]

No Biggie, But Relocated Ports ?  It still runs like a champ.

[Cooter]

We have 600 C.I. small blocks now

Umm . . . what? 

Surely the raw bore spacing makes that impractical.  I suppose people can build tall-deck aftermarket blocks & give it a 3-foot stroke, but that doesn't do anything about the valve size limitations. 

@ 2.300 and 1.900 respectively, I don't thinkvalve size will be a problem. Especially with 4.500" bores.

[Ghoste]

No Biggie, But Relocated Ports ?  It still runs like a champ.

Because of the port size in the max Wedge heads.

[John_Kunkel]

Are the ports in the stock location or are they relocated?

More or less in the stock location but enlarged. Max Wedge gasket on a standard head.

[Mike DC]

http://www.enginelabs.com/news/cfe-develops-600-cubic-inch-small-block-engine/

@ 2.300 and 1.900 respectively, I don't thinkvalve size will be a problem. Especially with 4.500" bores.

That thing in the article has a 1" taller deck, 1/2" longer bore spacing, and the camshaft is raised too.  They came up with a new, more expensive & difficult way to make a big-block.  




It brings to mind the huge LA motors that our hobby is building with the repro iron 340 blocks.  

If the result is as heavy as a BB, it needs the intake/oil pan/heads/etc stacked as high as a BB to flow, and it needs aftermarket everything to make all this happen . . . umm, can someone explain to me how this is improving on a regular BB?