440 build, suggestions, ideas and vendors....

[dlo3575]

I also decided to save a couple of bucks and re-use the cast crank.  I think I need to start thinking about a cam, lifters and pushrods.  Now 440 Source said that their heads may have some clearance issuse on the their push rods on the exhaust ports.  i think i need to explore that a bit.  I wonder if there is anythong else that I need to think about?  Y'all got any ideas.

[Musicman]

Now 440 Source said that their heads may have some clearance issuse on the their push rods on the exhaust ports.  i think i need to explore that a bit. 

I know for a fact that the 440Source heads can have a pushrod clearance issue in cases where a lift ratio greater than the stock 1.5 is used, but I've never personally heard of an issue here when running stock. In either case its just a simple matter of clearing that area of the passage with a burring bit or a file if it was necessary... plenty of meat there. I ran a 1.6 ratio rocker on mine so I had to clear most of them at least a little bit anyway. Of course I knew ahead of time that this would more than likely be the case, so it was no big deal, I expected it... Budget Heads at Budget Prices. They could do it themselves but the added cost would get passed on to the consumer, so I guess the way they see it is... if you don't have any issues 99% of the time, why do it.

I wonder if they'll have the same issue with their new "Super Stealth" heads? Myself, I would say probably yes since it's basically identical to the Stealth, at least on the outside anyway... the inside is quite different.

[Chryco Psycho]

you will need the offset intake rocker wit the Super Stealths

[Musicman]

you will need the offset intake rocker wit the Super Stealths

That's the facts Jack!

[dlo3575]

Spoke to machine shop today when picking up my LCA's (got the bushings yanked out for $10-best $$ ever spent).  He confirmed what so many of y'all said: Do not powder coat the block.  He was concerned about heat.  He said to just paint it.  SO I relented....

Just waiting for my box from 444 Source to get here....