Installing a HP 440 Into My 1968 Road Runner Clone - Big Block Power!

I had to call in the big guns (Mur) for this episode to help with the motor install. After all the paint work I had done under the hood, I REALLY didn't wanna scratch anything. THIS IS WHY I SHOULDN'T HAVE NICE THINGS! I can't handle the stress of shiny paint. After the motor was in place I had to lock it in with motor mount bolts and a new trans mount. You all know the odds and ends of installing a new motor: cooling system, belts, pullies, wiring, exhaust, it never ends..... So there should be a few days of plumbing before we can fire this old girl up.
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[@ziptiesnbiasplies]

00:13. When it's cold out... "Length" is a problem!

[@JSBautomotive]

Y'all oughta be used to that being in the great white north

[@roblukowicz5050]

Yah but once she's warned up shouldn't be a problem 💪nice to hear from yah peg

[@DanKruty]

Every time I mention my junk channel, my comments get deleted.

[@79tazman]

Not if it's hard it don't matter if it's cold or hot it's the same size

[@SweatyFatGuy]

Hot, cold, whatever, my half eaten TicTac is the same regardless

[@unchained20000000]

Did you see the pro work Mur done with the handling of the hoist. That was pure golden old school shit right there. More Mur, he can teach these whiper snappers a thing or two.

[@traderjoes6748]

Mur ! Is that you ? lmao

[@DDSpeedShop]

Hahaha

[@traderjoes6748]

Mur-dered it !

[@Rollormotor]

Great to see you working with Mur

[@nickgeusebroek1210]

That kick down/tv rod to trans is critical to trans operation and survival.Rises pressure in trans in relation to throttle input.

[@jimmyford271]

FYI when using the factory cast iron intake all you need is the valley pan and not the extra intake gaskets.

[@aa60660]

Got a new valley pan for my 383 and thought I underdid the gasket situation after seeing this video. Thought I was going to have a ton of oil leaks along the edge of the intake; thanks for the info.

[@greasyhandsauto-shaunbutte9726]

Really? I’ve always used all of the gaskets. Where were you 30 years ago? 🤣Thanks for the info.

[@SteveP-vm1uc]

Just like Oldsmobile, they come with only the steel shim style valley pan. The proper name is VALLEY PAN GASKET. The additional gaskets that come in the kits are for those who have had the heads heavily decked.

[@garymccord4277]

Great to see Mur helping one man band on an engine that size does not play well. Ready to hear the 440 roar, I think you will make it by your goal of Friday.

[@Doogie_Causey]

Mur Deserves A Bonus & A Raise Another Murfect Video Fellas

[@chumleye1112]

Mur is a CLASSIC!!

[@traderjoes6748]

@@chuckstith838 He sold it on Ebay,, I heard he got 30k. Somebody bought themselves a classic shirt ! Damn ....

[@henrygibson1530]

It's good that Mur is helping you when you need him.

[@MortskeRepair]

Tape cardboard to your nice radiator fins to keep from bashing it during fit up. Make sure to pull it off before you're ready to do burnouts!

[@glennnickerson8438]

I've been hanging in suspense like the 440 since yesterday waiting to see how things would go. Dan like Vanilla Fudge: "You Just Keep Me Hanging On"!🤣🤣

[@jeffnevius]

I'm not a mopar guy but it is starting to grow on me. Doing great keep up great work you are showing people things can be done if you set your mind to it.

[@Carl09of09]

Big block looks right at home in there! 🇺🇸🇨🇦✌🏻

[@ctsgarage5304]

Good work Dan and good to see Mur helping you 😂

[@Zazu2You]

Love the 68 Satellite!! Everything is coming together nicely!! Keep up the good work!! Cheers!!

[@rexgexnortowmader5165]

Here's some AD Revenue for the Intake!! The more I see of this MOPAR, the more I like it. Exhaust, & Driveshaft Friends are good to have. Thank them for Us!! Thank You

[@pauldulworth2768]

If I owned a B body Chrysler this would be the one. No nonsense, just the necessary stuff to make a good running fun old muscle car. Well done, sir.

[@markquigley8571]

Wow,never seen anyone in the engine bay while installing an engine. Great video.Love you're channel.

[@robbaker9664]

Nice and clean. Good work Dan !!

[@RandBLSWorld]

Good to see Mur there sharing his expertise

[@youtubefilmvisionary67]

Luv it!!!....looks Awesome sitting in the car .....ready to hear the Big Block power !!....know yr Excited to Drive it

[@williambaker1136]

Totally understand the irony of Dan's obsession with the paint inside the engine bay! It's an unusual OCD.

[@RichieCat4223]

It's an unusual OCD ? Take pride in your work and there is no OCD. So many people say "Oh well."

[@rayjon237]

Well at least he didn't paint the engine bay white.. and the engine yellow..

[@stevecr8934]

4 DAYS Dan. We want burnouts with the 440. Your ending up with a nice car there. Like the color, like the hub caps, like the monster under the hood. I'm GREEN with envy. 3.94 Days Dan. lol.

[@michaelalexander1972]

Hey just so you know that's not just a kickdown linkage like on a General Motors it's crucial you have that adjusted correctly it controls the shifting by pressure don't listen if you hear about having to have a certain tool when you ajust the linkage. NO YOU DON'T It's simple your throttle on your carburetor full throttle push that solid Rod linkage from the transmission as far back as you can tighten down and done. your perfect.if you don't do that you will burn up a torqueflite transmission. peace out!!

[@traderjoes6748]

Cowboy hats and Riding 440's , How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Plymouth !

[@DDSpeedShop]

Haha

[@paulerickson3089]

I remember when installing big block Ford engines. I had a log chained between two big pine trees with a chain fall hanging down to lift. Pushing the vehicle back and forth in sand. Slowly easing them in place. I loved doing that surprisingly. What a workout.

[@DDSpeedShop]

Haha thats nuts

[@hotrod1984s10]

Your Father is a cool guy.

[@kenbell8058]

I told you every thing on that car is 500 or more been there done that very same car. 440 ya buddy. Your gonna love it thou

[@Tim-57]

Hey Dan Very happy for you!🙂 Great to see your Dad in there with you.

[@ksokie63]

Great update on getting the 440 in . Not to much of a problem. And glad to see you put the big radiator in gotta keep it cool 😎👍

[@RealSteelAutoWorks]

Looking great! 72 and earlier had a different water pump housing with a drivers side inlet. You may run into that issue when finding a radiator. C body cars and later B-bodies used a 27 inch radiator.

[@TheSaxon25]

Looks great!!! Loving the color combo 🍻👍

[@chrisellis935]

Still enjoying your videos, thanks man

[@justjake8873]

That hoist needs a handle cross bar welded to the back. Makes muscling it around a lot easier. Glad everything went in smoothly.

[@gertv6777]

Love that 440, that C body rad is definitely the way to go that small 22 inch won’t do it, you didn’t get the fan with the 440? That would be the best one, you need your kick down linkage to be on the rear stop in the trans at WOT for the max pressure

[@ronniebuchanan6575]

Yeah he got the fan. It was in the crate.

[@justjake8873]

The Clutch fan was there but blown out and held hard with JB weld haha

[@jimmytillery3717]

Dan it’s been my experience that you should only use the Valley pan as a gasket no need for the paper gasket I’m sure that going to cause an internal vacuum leak that thickness changes the degrees of seat.

[@kevinsuminski7167]

Lookin good in the engine bay

[@keithhebert9334]

Definitely turning out to be a nice car if you decide to paint it orange I don't think you can go wrong seeing lots of them they look good

[@garryhatchett775]

Looking good. A slant six fan spacer should be the correct thickness for that fan. Awesome car.

[@Nova.1971]

Good to see Mur working with you again and it went in pretty slick.......Yup burnouts on Friday!!!!

[@bobpratt8224]

Getting close man..my buddy in high school had 68 440 GTX...man that thing moved

[@alanpaulick7815]

Awesome Dan the man you just Mur the enjin in. Nicely finished

[@67Stang]

More progress. Always good to see. Not to long and you will have this out on the road.

[@royady5558]

These are my kinda cars for some reason i never wanted a shiney show car. In the 90s i did this to a 68 olds 442 put a 66 toro motor new front end exhaust th400 short shaft from a t/a everything but paint. Then hydroplaned on water and wrapped it around a pole.

[@DDSpeedShop]

Yeah ratty hotrods r awesome

[@marioa1272]

Looks great Dan, definitely run the extra trans cooler . Every bit will help keeping the temperature down with a big block. Hey sorry I missed you guys Saturday, life happens 🐣

[@johnmcgreevy742]

Nice job, can't wait to hear and see this run! The car knows you're not a Mopar fan, so she's breaking your onions!!

[@Vet-7174]

You'll be cruzin soon !!🇨🇦🇺🇸🖒

[@captainlandyacht1328]

Its good that you used the c body rad. If I remember, the b body water pump lower inlet and lower rad outlet are on opposite side of c body. Mentioning 440 source again for parts. Pulleys, anything engine you need really. Guy in earlier comment caught the valley pan issue already. Good call on the aluminum intake. It causes a lot of strife in mopar community, but I switch all mine to gm ignition module and mid 90's coils. Plus with no AC you can run a newer style 100amp GM alt. You really clean up the wire harness. Lastly, using a Ford solenoid on the fender well to run starter and get bat voltage everywhere lets you run at 12 volts instead of 9.

[@williambrooks3215]

Hey Dan I am a Chrysler mechanic and Chrysler only put the valley on in with no gaskets we just used a bit of sillycone and never had a problem with leaks..but good job buddy.. cant wait to get my 440 in my '69 roadrunner finishing my '74 challenger first..

[@DDSpeedShop]

Nice! Thanks man!

[@qball1of1]

Actually nice to see stock valve covers and painted intake. Aluminum bling is good too, but I have seen so much of it...and of the stock dressed engines Dodges always looked great.

[@DDSpeedShop]

Yeah I paid up for the Intake. But I kinda like the stock valve covers

[@buchanansleeve7427]

Wow went in great and with that big block in it looks great! Good Job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mikeobrien3744]

That year mopar only puts power to the coil when the key is in run. The idea is to get it spinning then you let go of the key and it fires. I put a relay on the starter at the firewall relay and give the coil a full 12v when it spins. They kick right off with that mod.

[@billdavis2910]

Jack up the rear end to improve angle for engine and tranny installation. It helped back in the day when I used to play with my MOPARs. A-body-B-body.

[@rong4189]

Looks great. Helps sometimes to jack the ass end of the car up first, then you don’t need as much angle on the motor and tranny to drop in. Also lowers the radiator support a little too.

[@NathansMoparGarage]

Looks good in there. Nice tight fit.

[@dirtydeanis4428]

Damn it won’t be long until garage burnout time!!!!!!!....hell of a good job Dan keep it coming!!!

[@DDSpeedShop]

Yeah im.stoked!

[@DanEBoyd]

Excellent F'ing idear to use that ratchet strap as a leveler! Well done!

[@shannonmajor6611]

Man that motor looks good! Can’t wait to see you drive it!

[@getlost692]

Everything is nice and shiny

[@rickbarger5161]

I know your luck with previous 440s or Big Blocks Plymouth or Dodge Motors good luck with this one hope it works out for you

[@DDSpeedShop]

Hshs itll b good I think

[@greasyhandsauto-shaunbutte9726]

Dude, that is so sweet! I’m impressed, I don’t think I’ve ever installed an engine without scratching something.

[@amysato7882]

Looks good , you need to have full kick down at full throttle , i won't be surprised if the C body kick down stuff fouls on the fire wall , you can use / modify the 318 kick down stuff even if its from the 904 trans , take the small trans lever too , there should be a pin on the carb and a slotted linkage for the carb , you will probably be cutting welding this . you need very little kick down at low speed but 100% kick down at full throttle , its a pain in the ass but once its right its right :)

[@64C10Claymore]

Don't forget the trans cooler lines : )

[@franksgarage8551]

Awesome! Mur da man! Well, you is too, Dan! Got my 51 ready to go for safety. Im excited. Wish i had an R plate. Life would be so much easier. Could run it down the road and test on it.

[@DDSpeedShop]

Yeah r plate would b sweet

[@suelob8193]

Looking good Dan, Dani, and Mur! You should ask Big Easy or Uncle Tony about installing the new aluminum intake. From the factory with iron heads, and an iron intake manifold, they used just the valley pan... no paper gaskets... no sealer. With an aluminum intake, I like to use the valley pan with all 4 paper gaskets and no sealer.

[@armondoborjas4362]

Ok. Dan. Few things changing plugs on the left bank is difficult / installing headers to. Nightmares of the 70s. Just keep pushing on😁 should of sprayed the trans to [aluminum] when it was hanging. Oh well 👍

[@DDSpeedShop]

Haha I bought the paint but didn't wanna spray it

[@randomyank7777]

Sweet . Looks good , you got it in . You had Mur to help you save the day ! The rest is as you go . Glad you were able to slide the big rad in . I'd still do a trans cooler . But ,ya , big guns for big guns . Works . Are you sure you got the gas $ for these monsters you're building ? 'Cause your feeding Godzilla-Plymouth & Chevy Dragon-Wagon (Huff n Puff) ! That's a 440 & a 454 with a garden hose to an intake , respectively ,passing everything but a gas station . And cops .

[@stevesitton9007]

Love the way you realy get into your work lol 😆👍ride um cowboy

[@yobentley7274]

Liked the Dr. Strangelove reference.

[@rickbarger5161]

If you get tired of hood springs in your rib cage just pull the spring up I noticed you worked on a lot of cars that way soon as the hood comes off I take the Springs up I got a big belly though so that's my problem LOL on the cooling system I think I'd put a clutch fan on it it should clear your fan belts that way can't wait to see her go down the road ayto GTX with a 440 speedometer went 150 it would go way past that

[@DDSpeedShop]

Haha thats fast

[@chucktripp5722]

On those cast iron intakes on Fords you can cut the heads off a couple of bolts and kind of make some studs to slip it down on a lot easier than any other way

[@stomper2582]

Car is coming well. Thanks for sharing. 👍👉🇺🇸

[@CrazyWillie01]

And Mur is awesome yeah Mur

[@bobbymuse7793]

Looks good in the engine bay. Nice work on getting it in without much carnage. 1) You can run a 22-inch radiator; big blocks didn't automatically have 26-inch. I ordered a 26-in aluminum rad on eBay for just over $200. They are tight on the battery box and the passenger side frame rail. You need the driver side to drop in past the battery box, and then position the passenger side. I blue taped everything metal and used cardboard on the radiator face. It was a huge pain, and I had a second person. 2) Nothing wrong with mechanical fans, but a shroud really helps (I spent more on the shroud than I did on the radiator). But you need to have your fan on so you can locate the radiator height and position before you mark and drill. 3) Kickdown linkage: A lot of good info here, even if you aren't buying the Lokar cable. www.hotrod.com/articles/the-lowdown-on-stock-torqueflite-kick-down-linkage/ 4) The factory intake is brutal heavy. Sure, you'll gain some HP by ditching it, but more important is the stress on your back.

[@nathankerry3256]

The 440 looks good hemi orange with green engine bay looks better then I thought it was gonna look

[@79tazman]

That's how it would of looked like out of the factory when new if it came with a 440

[@DDSpeedShop]

Thanks!

[@mikeobrien3744]

In 1968 The kick down had two pivots. One at the back of the intake, and one on a long stud with a cotter pin where the bolt hole is on the bell housing of the trans. Look near the starter. The kick down supplied with the engine is the newer one piece style they adopted to save money in something like 1972.

[@DDSpeedShop]

Oh good to know

[@xozindustries7451]

The small block radiator has the inlets and outlets in different spots, also the big block radiator support has a bigger opening, you can cut the hole in the radiator support bigger to let more airflow through

[@BBBILLY86]

Lookin great. Headers are a beast on them. I had a 69 with headers. Steering goes thru the tubes. When the motor mounts failed, the steering would lock up solid when I got on the gas. lol Until the turnbuckles self clearanced a few of the tubes. Then it was loud!!!

[@DDSpeedShop]

Haha

[@balltorp4d]

Nice work.Just one thing.That throttlelinkage is gonna interfear with the firewall.That linkage is for a C body car.

[@allenwilliams8498]

Damn that's a thing of beauty. Love the mopar

[@vulcan-900bobber7]

Good that you put the bigger rad in and super happy that you changed out the inlet manifold for a new one cause you don't need those old cast pieces of crap on. Myself I would go twin electric fans but it seems that you don't like them but otherwise I think you are killing it 😁 Ps mopar parts are always expensive, that's why we do chevys up 😁

[@DDSpeedShop]

Haha stupid pricey dodges

[@billdavis2910]

I put a 383 in a 1964 Dodge Dart GT. Home made Tri-Wye headers. Very cozy set up.😁👍🇺🇸✌

[@AndyGeesGarage]

Be nice to Mur. Can’t wait to see this run

[@RichieCat4223]

Dollar store towels are an easy way to protect the paint as you drop the motor in. 03:48 If the car came with a 383, the 440 has to fit. Both use the same K frame.

[@rakerss74]

DD's Satellite came with a 318 small block. The K Frame will accept a Small Block or a Big Block.

[@alansmead4516]

Don't feel alone Dan! I make a list and go only to get there and find I lost or forgot the list! Lol

[@joe1annie2]

Looking great Congratulation's Thanks for sharing :-)

[@EdTheMole]

You can still use that battery bracket you just have to weld a one inch tab on it drill it paint it and bolt it back on in the same spot.

[@billsitser5639]

Nice to see you finally putting a car together right

[@CrazyWillie01]

Can’t Waite for burn off Friday lol more long wagon

[@jrmatter74]

Maybe cut that fan spacer in half? and yes the rad is enough cooling for the trans lines. I am thinking your trans shifter bracket isn't on correctly? that's why the kickdown is so close to and hitting the body. Nice job so far! Can't wait to hear it run!!

[@adamheazlett1179]

Good idea get it running before sticking it in,Hope Santa brings you a 4 point hoist and a bigger shop be good it may happen.2 post are junk

[@donnie2533]

Great video as always .

[@robertbak4108]

Valley pan is the intake gasket. No extra gaskets. That’s why you had trouble getting manifold on.

[@alwayslearningthefacts5881]

Love @ 1:41.

[@j.c.smithprojects]

the engine bay sure filled up quick!

[@KensStuff]

the Mopar guys won't like this but you can bolt a GM quadrajet right to that manifold. the mopar Quad and the GM quad have the same bolt pattern. we did it on my brother Mopar. worked perfect.

[@theozman38]

All hail MUR !! Damn. I shoulda kept my 72 satellite. Of all I had I miss that one. It only had a 318 with a cam and four bbl Holley but it was a fast car. Not so quick but it was wound up, it’d fly. Live and lose.

[@billcar741]

Love that Hemi orange

[@doogals]

I can't help but notice the front license plate. I live on the West Virginia/Ohio border. We easily spot the Ohio DUI tags here. Same color combo. That tag jumped out at me. It would also explain the crunched front fender!

[@DDSpeedShop]

Haha

[@holgers5216]

you two ROC!!...Mur...you're an inspiration to all us old farts!!! LOL!!!

[@DDSpeedShop]

Haha ill let him know

[@mikedaugharty5544]

good job dan and muir!!!