Does the HAMB really need another 392 Hemi swap thread?

Nice build, congrats!!!

 

Awesome man. Good for you!

 

dang thats sweet!!! tell me about your carb set up are you running all six with power valves?

 

Awesome work! You wouldn't think it would take that much work to go from a hemi to a hemi, but there really isn't much in common between the makes.

So, whatcha doing with that 330 DeSoto?

 

Excellent writing, work and dang fine build, gentleman!

 

Super nice DP!!! I used those same KB1 connecting rods in my 392. See you at Billetproof on Friday.

 

It sounds really awesome too... I heard it in person yesterday!

It makes you smile just looking at the car and then you start grinning when he fires it up.

Way to go Dog Patch!


-W

 

Hey man is your car going to be at Billet Proof this year? I hope so!

I only run power valves in the 2 center carbs. You divide the vacuum between them, so 2 x 3.5 = 7 inches of vacuum, which is about right. If you ran 6 power valves you would get 6 x 3.5 = 21. So the power valves would open at 21 inches of vacuum! I run plugs in the 4 outer carbs. The outer carbs have no idle bleeds either. They have 50 jets right now. I need to put the O2 sensor on and do some readings with all 6 open and see if it is lean. ****ster on the HAMB is the master of the multicarb setup he can give you better info than I can. I sort learn by doing it wrong a bunch of times first.

 

Looking awesome Tony. Amazing what you can do in your little shack in the Georgia backwoods

Nice looking workbench too. Mine is spotless, under all my ****.

 

yee haa Tony. That mag rocks. Now i just need a ride and i'll be happy

 

Now that's awesome!!!! This pics should be ***led "Just the Tip"...


Here I was just getting ready to put my old polished Edelbrock EC6 intake up in the HAMB cl***ifieds and you go and do this to me. Can't wait to see that thing....bring it to the Auto Fair party!!!

 

Looks damn fine Tony! Wish I could have stuck around awhile yesterday, but I had stuff to do on the way home that I needed to accomplish. Fuel prices getting high enough that I have to consolidate trips and errands on out of town stuff.
Real fine workmanship throughout, wish I had your talent and persistence. But more than anything I wish I had half the energy all you guys involved in that build/swap have.
Dave

 

I enjoyed your build and very nice work by the way.

 

And he's rolling. Got this shot on my cell this morning, on his way to see our old pal Mr. Garlits in FLA...

 

Well the night before driving 450 miles to Billet Proof Florida, some juvenile idea set in. These FED zoomies were too tight to fit so Tudor says "cut em up!" here we go!









http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBO-ACD6VfE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2eow-nXyuI

My first wife is gone - said she didn't want to be married to a juvenile.

 

sweet

 

Good LAWD that rules. What a bad*** coupe.

 

Awesome work! Love the Hemi!

 

Damn cuz...didn't know you posted up a build thread!! Nice job....on the ride, the pics, and the write-up. Man, you hung with it and knocked it out! AND made the Florida trip and back.....good work dude! Cheers!

 

Thanks Tim!

Hey Shep what's the story with your hemi?

 

Good job Tony. How does it run compared to the Desoto?

 

Damn it man, that car and engine rock!

 

Hmmm the LA dizzy is supposed to be a "drop in" only on the low deck Dodges, are you certain that it was fully engaged & not just adequately engaged, seeing how nothing tore up...

 

Tony rocks!

 

George - you are right - I stand corrected. I remember what I did now on the 330 Desoto - I had to shorten the shaft a little. I ground the end some and then ground the side steps on the shaft. Good catch.

Kevin - it runs way stronger than the Desoto. I hope to cut a second off at the track, which would put it at 12.5 in the 1/4. It weighs 2400 lbs so it should do that at least with the right driver .

 

You should have had to lenthen either the Int. shaft or the dizzy shaft. If you needed to shorten the dizzy shaft someone may have put a longer shaft from a Chr hemi(2 lenths 331/354 & 392) in it.

 

Just ran across this old thread, but ... damn that's nice!

 

I love it

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Funny this pic comes up now. Been talking to 73RR about my compression being too low. These are ROSS off the shelf 9.5:1. I'd like to get to 10.5 or higher. Need to find the CC of a 555 head as this might be an option instead of a piston swap.