What BB/RB Rebuild book??

[Steve P.]

A friend asked me today if I could recommend a good rebuilding book for Mopar BB/RB. I had absolutely no idea what to tell him other than I would ask here and see what is best recommended.

He is building a 440 and taking it to a pretty serious level. Big stroke. 440 Source 4 bolt mains. Half filling the block. Big turbo charger. He is hoping to make around 1100 HP.

This guy is no rookie to engine building. He just hasn't ever built a mopar motor and is looking for tricks and tips.


Any suggestions??

[suburbanfireman]

Big-Block Mopar Performance by Chuck Senatore (owner of Muscle Motors) is probably the best and most informative book I have read about performace engines yet.  I bought mine at Summit Racing for someting like $20 I think.  Hope this info helps.

[bull]

Or new on Amazon for $13.57, or used for $7.70.

http://www.amazon.com/Big-blk-Mopar-Php1302-Chuck-Senatore/dp/1557883025/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200223421&sr=1-2

[Chatt69chgr]

I agree about the Senatore book.  The similar one by Don Taylor is not much good.  A book that is not specifically about Mopar but still good is one by Smokey Yunick called Power Secrets.  I don't know if it's in print but ran across it in our local used book store and am finding it very informative.  Smokey was one very smart guy.  Used to have a column in I think Popular Science or Mechanics.  Back in the day when they had informative articles in magazines about how to really do things.  Not the garbage they have now written for idiots.  Most of the stuff these days is nothing more than a extended advertisement for somebody's business.  They give you just enough info to convince you that you can't do the job yourself.  Case in point, the latest article in one of the Mopar Magazines about restoring instrument panels.  The thread that Lilwendal did for this forum was a thousand times better than that magazine article.  Ok, I'll get off my soapbox now.