Articles by BigBlockMopar
Empire Mondial / Accura Simplex Lathe
Was able to buy a lathe from a good friend for a good price. The fact that he even offered to drop it off at my place for free was more icing on the cake. [more … ]
500ci Supercharged stroker motor
The block has been machined. The following machinings have be done: – Decking; – .030″ Overbore; – Cylinder honing; – Line-bore; – 2.5″ Concrete fill in the waterjackets. The 440Source.com 4.15″ stroker crank has gotten [more … ]
392ci Early Hemi
The engine has been bored and honed and awaiting assembly. October 2006… Just got back from a day of driving around the country hauling back a Dana60 rearaxle and the 392 Hemi-engine. I like the [more … ]
496ci Stroker with Longram intakes
496″ Longram stroker engine (re)build pics: – 440, +.030 oversize – “Hawks Racing” 4.15″ stroker crank, H-Beam rods, 10.5:1cr Diamond-pistons. – Edelbrock heads (84cc) – CompCams XR274R-10 – Mechanical Solid Roller cam, 236/242 @.050 Duration, [more … ]
440ci Streetmotor
440ci w/ 0.030″ overbore (1966). ‘915’ heads w/ home port&polish. 2.08 / 1.74 MP valves. Crane 1.5 Gold Roller Rockers. KeithBlack Hypereutectic Pistons (237), zero-deckheight. 0.040″ piston/head clearance. 11:1 cr (measured). Erson Solid cam (256@050, [more … ]
1960 Chrysler NewYorker – 496″ Long Ram Engine installation
Some installation photos of the 496ci Long Ram stroker engine. With the long ram intakes hanging off the sides of the engine, additional room to the inner fenders, especially the passenger side fender, is limited. [more … ]
1960 Chrysler NewYorker – Front suspension restoration
Progress-pics of the front suspension removal, disassembly, paint and installation.
1960 Chrysler NewYorker – Engine bay
With the engine removed this was the best opportunity to do some engine bay cleaning. I had spotted a bright green metallic paint that I wanted to apply on the inner fenders, just to liven [more … ]
1960 Chrysler NewYorker – Rear suspension restoration
Plans were made to go over the entire suspension of the NewYorker. This is something I do with every ‘new’ car that enters the garage. Starting at the rear, everything at the rear suspension was [more … ]
1960 Chrysler NewYorker – 413ci engine damage
The original 413ci engine that came with the 1960 Chrysler had locked up according to the previous owner. With the car on the lift I tried prying the convertor with a large screwdriver. This went [more … ]
1960 Chrysler NewYorker – Arrival
Somewhere late 2006 I found this 1960 Chrysler NewYorker for sale online in South Carolina. I had never owned a finned car before and always liked the looks of most of the models. So I [more … ]
