Hey Nick! It's Reuben from Puerto Rico! Your the reason I was inspired to activate my RU-vid account! Thanks for posting the 6-pack 440 dyno video and this 440 Magnum tear down. I've learned so much from you on RB Mopar engines and how to build my '70 440HP engine. Thanks for sharing all your Mopar knowledge, work ethic and for your support and friendship. I love the RU-vid and Mopar community. Watching this reminded me that I need to order a windage tray for my engine as well. I never knew that the 6-pack cams were 3 bolt hole bump sticks with double roller timing chains. I also have never seen an LY rod compared to a 6-pack. Blessings to you and Salude!
Nothing better then seeing the best MoPar engine ever made! The 426 HEMI, street and race versions !! Chrysler made historic engines like the 413, 426 Max Wedge,440 Six Pack, 440 Magnum 383 Magnum for the Roadrunner and Coronet. Then the small blocks. The 318, 340, 340 six pack and the 360. Last but not least, the indestructible slant six! What a line-up! Bill from Linglestown Pennsylvania
Nick is the most viewer friendly channel on you tube, you don't need a super chat to buy attention by Nick to get answers. Nick is an honorable person .
Thanks Nick. Due to the Corona virus, I've become an unemployed aircraft mechanic. The bright side is, watching your shows has motivated me to get my old hot rod running again. 1954 Ford F100 with a Trans Am front end and a small block 406. For the last twelve years, my job had me traveling all over the country auditing my company's suppliers and contract maintenance providers. I simply never had time to work on my hot rod. Now I have lots. I just replaced the old single point distributor with an aftermarket HEI distributor. It runs pretty decent with static set at 12 deg. But it has an adjustable vacuum diaphragm and when I connect it to the ported vacuum on my Holley 750, it pulls the advance all the way off the charts. As soon as I figure out how to adjust the thing, it should run great. Man I wish your show was on the networks. It's so much better than the shows they have on there now. Those shows end up just being commercials for aftermarket parts. Thanks for being real, Nick.
Right on nick; the candy store . So the twin 4 barrels is 1200 cfm. Six pack 1350 cfm . Can’t wait for the tests . Many thanks for all your efforts- ✊👌👍🏻
Hi Nick. John from Sydney Australia here. I discovered your show recently and am hooked. Im a Fitter by trade and love working on my Family's cars. Building an old Aussie Classic Holden HQ with my son and have picked up quite a few helpful little tips from yourself. Love watching the show and look forward to watching many more. John Sultana
I really enjoyed your lecture on the hemi carb set up and the cc-ing head comparison. You showed that you have found a comfortable place. Extra space is relaxed and focused.
I am looking forward to meeting you an running the budget street/track 318 that UTG and I are going to build live. this is going to be an awesome adventure
All of us UTG, Nicks Garage and Lunar fans are looking ahead to this epic 318 Virus build. Always a fan of the LA and 318s are always the overlooked poor cousin of the 340/360 builds.. I always loved the way the modern 5.2 Magnums ran, great street engine in my many Dakotas over the years. Good luck to you Lunartics.
I waited a while to see an update to the broken hemi and you threw in some extras. It looks like it's coming together beautifully. Now I'm also looking forward to the assembly of two engines.
I put DART race heads on my 426. I haven't fired it yet because I'm waiting on money to buy roller/rockers for the valve train. The rest of it is already together. Lunati hydraulic cam, Eagle H-beam rods, stock crank, and 10.5 to 1 forged Aries pistons .070" over so it's now a 440 Hemi. 1968 vintage block I purchased from Larry Sheppard. I'm putting it into my 1971 Cuda which was a 340 automatic car. I'm swapping in a 833 4-speed with a scatter shield and Hayes steel flywheel. Hope to get it running by 2021.
833 4 speed. The one I have needs a full rebuild. There's a company offering a rebuild kit that gives you a 4 gear overdrive but at Hemi 4 speed strength. That's my plan. I want to change the rear end out for a Dana 60 and 4:10 gears. My buddy has one waiting for me to pick up.
Good morning Nick! What a summer to look forward to! The Kowalski numbers matching 440 magnum build AND the collaborative budget build by Lunar Outlaw's Garage, Uncle Tony's Garage and Nick's Garage of the 1972 Satellite Sebring 318 cid! Plus all the other great stuff from these AWESOME shops! What a year!
All things being equal, Given the same compression ratio ,cast iron will make more power due to heat retention in the combustion chamber. Reason for coating pistons and combustion chambers is for heat retention with aluminum. Aluminum being lighter and easier to work with for porting or welding without the need for furnace welding or brazing. This will be in teresting,looking forward to seeing your collaboration with lunar garage and UTG . Been watching Nicks garage from nearly the beginning. Keep up the EXCELLENT work.
Hey Nick, I was trying to find a video of how you read the numbers on the monitors of your dyno. I wish you could go thru the numbers with us. I love how you explain stuff. Just get Vasili to do it, he gets like a little kid in a candy store. You've taught him well. Thanks man & stay save.
Professor Nick , has a certain ring to it aye! You looked the part in that white coat and to cap it of the fire & rescue cap! Glad your keeping safe Nick and thanks for making my Tuesday morning coffee go down the right way, hahaha.
Thanks Nick, your Monday videos help me stay positive during the goofy times that we are all living with here in Canada with the CCP Virus. Keep yourself and your wonderful family safe and healthy during these strange times. Cheers.....
Hey Nick I’ve been watching you for over a year and love your show, I hade a couple mopar but the one I remember most is my 83 Dodge 1 ton power wagon 360 it was absolutely bulletproof, lot of good times, Thanks from Georgia.
Hi nick, old school here..I was the one who asked why you werent going to put the numbers matching engine back in your Kowalski project, and you told me you were gonna basically...Drive it hard and put her away wet..not your words, but same meaning! lol now im gonna see the engine being rebuilt, cant wait!!..but are you going to have a running display? i would love to see that!! when you slow down, which is probably never, you can put it back in the car where it should end up! thanks for a great channel! love your program, hope you and your crew are financially and phisically safe!
HOT DOG!! Another cool video to watch on this "stuck at home day" I really hope this blows over soon cause id love to drive out there to come see the whole gang in that fantastic shop. I dont know much about mother mopar but i can appreciate all the work and beautiful cars that have work done there. Greetings and god bless from saskatoon canada
Great video...looking fwd to the Hemi head shootout, as well as the Kowalski 440 build!! Lucky indeed to have a numbers-matching, broken rod motor that survived!!!!👍👍
Nick you measured the volume of the dome space in the head. The combustion chamber is the space in between the head and the piston. Deducting the volume of the piston dome from volume of the head you measured would be the space where Booms happen. The gasket thickness will also add to the combustion chamber volume.
New subscriber...love watching your channel! Nick has forgotten more about old Mopar engines and cars then most people will ever know! Keep up the great work!
Awesome video as always! I'm looking forward to seeing if the aluminum will provide a slight power advantage with the slightly smaller combustion chambers.
NICK! I freaking LOVE that lab coat. :-) Wow, that Hawk hemi model kit is $185 US on Amazon! Quite the gift, right there. Yes, you're very lucky indeed with the matching number 440 for your Kowalski. My GTX is on about 440 number 5 or 6. :-) God bless our firefighters, EMS, etc. especially out here in the country where they're all volunteers. I donate to them all the time! SUPPORT NICK ON PATREON EVERYONE! Be safe out there, -Ed on the Ridge
Hey Nick good to see you are doing ok with the virus issue....hey that 440 magnum your going to build...I would update the internals myself forged pistons,eagle rods,rings, bearings... won't take away from the value just be alot better parts....six pack rods are to heavy even balanced. I know back in the 70s they were thought to be the best....best of the time anyway...I know you don't plan on selling it but if it were mine it would get the best internals and not have to worry about getting on it and breaking a rod seen a few six pack rods do that...I think the get fetigued because of rotating mass..✌️👌👍
Another fascinating video visit! Speaking of broken 440 Magnums, when I lived in Florida, the Highway Patrol was using Fury I 4 doors, with 440 Magnum engines. Top speed that I ever saw was 140. This was late sixties to early seventies. The engines had a habit of blowing engines on a too frequent basis. Fortunately, at the time Chrysler had a long warranty, about 60k miles. Any ideas as to why this was a repeating problem?
Superbe vidéo, de très belles pièces. Merci pour les détails c'est top. Toujours un bonheur de comprendre et voir ce qu'il y a dedans. Encore d'autres. ...
Brilliant Nick! What an awesome way to start my week by watching your channel! To you and all the crew....stay safe and well! Cheers from Melbourne Australia!
I agree with "Virg", that's why when you go with AL you should up the compression by 1 point, that's what makes the AL heads attractive is more compression!
Great show Nick, awesome content. I have a engine machine shop and have built many engines over the years. I am a Mopar man. Did many 440's and small block mopars of all kinds. I would suggest torque honing and decking the blocks. Doing the block blueprint if a possible. I use a Comec ACF 200 with the block squaring fixture. Free horsepower doing this. Even on stock engines. I am glad you balance your engines. This is always the added touch to a quality build, stock or HI Performance. I am excited to see the Hemi build and test with the cast iron and aluminum heads. What kind of pistons are in the Hemi? Anyways thanks again, your channel is the best. Stay well Nick.
Back in the day some 40 years ago now, on my 1970 Charger RT, updated Edelbrock intake, headers, 30 over, big mistake was a Holley carb, ended up going Edelbrock all the way. tech back then was nothing compared to now and Nicks Garage!
Now I understand why you want to try the cast heads vs the aluminium heads Dr.Nick. Aluminium heads don't only have a weight and (possibly) heat scavenging advantage ( or not), but more importantly the (slightly) smaller combustion chamber you say will result in a higher compression ratio. How much difference do you think it will make Nick ? Will head gasket thickness play a role as well ? Will it actually make a difference on the dyno ? It's gonna make for cool episodes of Nick's Garage I tell you. Anxious to see the diff. between headers and exhaust manifolds just for Schitts & Giggles. Thanks again for sharing Nick. Thank you cameraman/narrator guy to document all this during these "special" times. I miss your staff and hang out peeps too. Keep busy. Stay safe.
Love the lab coat it's a great throw back to the 1960 Mopar you should wear it more often you deserve it keep up the good work can't wait for the collaboration with Uncle Tony and Luna garage going to be cool
Γειά σου πατρίδα.Χριστος Ανέστη και χρόνια πολλά.Μακαρι να είχαμε και στην Ελλάδα κάνα τέτοιο μοτέρ αλλά εδώ 1400 κυβικά και τούρμπο.Μας έφαγε η Ευρώπη! Πάντα υγεία να φτιάχνεις τέτοια βίντεο για εμάς που μας αρέσουν τα V8.
I once saw Don Garlits when I was extremely young. I was too young to know why he was so significant. What I remember most was the size of top fuel dragsters. Those cars looked much longer on TV than in real life.
I'm real interested to see how the Aluminum verses Cast Iron head thing on the Hemi engine works out. I'm in the midst of getting a Small Block Chevy 400 engine redone, just a Cruiser Engine with a little oomph for my 72 C10 , and am going to use a cast head ( a Dart Head from Summit Racing, Part # 152123 ) and a few people said I should be using an aluminum head..
Dr. Nick,you look good in your lab coat,it need's to say on the left pocket Dr. Nick,anyway can not wait to see that 440 6 pack running,and the cast iron and aluminum head on that 440,and thanx for keeping the video's coming,cheers.
Hey Nick!...The new Mopar replacement cast iron heads are a bunch heavier(20 to 25 lbs each ) than the original OEM cast iron heads so when looking at the weight of new ones keep that in mind...so...Cast iron '66 Hemi heads assembled... 62.8lbs. each...vs.... Indy aluminum heads assembled; 33.2lbs. each...and...cast iron pump with housing 20.4lbs....vs Aluminum pump and housing 8.2lbs....Aluminum heads do have fewer hot spots and are less detonation prone for pump gas street cars....Can't wait to see the dyno results!
Hi Nick, Greetings from Long Island NY, love your channel. Hope everyone is doing well during these sad times...Your lab coat brings a smile 😃 to my face with your white coat, glasses and gloves you look like Dr. Nickensteine....Keep the videos comming....Frank
