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

[@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

[@Rollormotor]

Great to see you working with Mur

[@henrygibson1530]

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

[@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.

[@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 !

[@Zazu2You]

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

[@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 ....

[@jimmyford271]

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

[@andykemnitz1225]

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.

[@nickgeusebroek1210]

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

[@Carl09of09]

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

[@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!

[@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.

[@robbaker9664]

Nice and clean. Good work Dan !!

[@ctsgarage5304]

Good work Dan and good to see Mur helping you 😂

[@markquigley8571]

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

[@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 😎👍

[@youtubefilmvisionary67]

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

[@RandBLSWorld]

Good to see Mur there sharing his expertise

[@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"!🤣🤣

[@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.

[@Tim-57]

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

[@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.

[@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..

[@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.

[@TheSaxon25]

Looks great!!! Loving the color combo 🍻👍

[@garryhatchett775]

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

[@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.

[@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!

[@kevinsuminski7167]

Lookin good in the engine bay

[@alanpaulick7815]

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

[@chrisellis935]

Still enjoying your videos, thanks man

[@NathansMoparGarage]

Looks good in there. Nice tight fit.

[@buchanansleeve7427]

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

[@bobpratt8224]

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

[@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

[@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

[@Nova.1971]

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

[@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 🐣

[@67Stang]

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

[@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!!

[@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!!

[@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.

[@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

[@traderjoes6748]

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

[@DDSpeedShop]

Haha

[@justjake8873]

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

[@dirtydeanis4428]

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

[@DDSpeedShop]

Yeah im.stoked!

[@Vet-7174]

You'll be cruzin soon !!🇨🇦🇺🇸🖒

[@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.

[@64C10Claymore]

Don't forget the trans cooler lines : )

[@stevesitton9007]

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

[@getlost692]

Everything is nice and shiny

[@greasyhandsauto-shaunbutte9726]

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

[@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

[@shannonmajor6611]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@allenwilliams8498]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@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!

[@billsitser5639]

Nice to see you finally putting a car together right

[@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

[@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

[@DanEBoyd]

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

[@stomper2582]

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

[@donnie2533]

Great video as always .

[@joe1annie2]

Looking great Congratulation's Thanks for sharing :-)

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@yobentley7274]

Liked the Dr. Strangelove reference.

[@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

[@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.

[@1Also]

8:06 it was this moment you could collectively hear the sphincter of every MOPAR addict pucker up

[@mikeobrien3744]

Dang Mopar has what like four different width radiators. Can't tell you how often I just drilled the core support.

[@michaelpung4121]

LOL for sure. I vote for the right radiator.

[@SteveP-vm1uc]

@@mikeobrien3744 In the old muscle cars there were 2 size rads. 22" and 26". You could get then in 2,3,4 cores with shrouds. Many radiator companies make replacements like factory or in aluminum. Many I know are running a cheap CHAMPION ALUMINUM rad with no problems.

[@j.c.smithprojects]

the engine bay sure filled up quick!

[@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 :)

[@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

[@79tazman]

See how easy that was now imagine GM you gotta change positions and drill holes for the mounts when your going from small block to big block.

[@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.😁👍🇺🇸✌

[@CrazyWillie01]

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

[@AndyGeesGarage]

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

[@holgers5216]

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

[@DDSpeedShop]

Haha ill let him know

[@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

[@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 .

[@terrencegiordan9812]

Dan the floor pan man roadrunner hood and tailpipe tips

[@MuscleCityMadness]

Great Job Mer! Who's the long haired dude helping you? He's kinda handy!

[@DDSpeedShop]

Hahaha

[@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

[@thegrandpumbaa]

Burn outs and ice cream. On a Friday. Perfect. Raspberry Ripple with a flake for me please.

[@DDSpeedShop]

Haha hell yeah

[@JohnDoe-gz8dw]

Give Mur a break, seniors don't do well with the cold.

[@steves4639]

nothing better than an orange big block in a green engine bay

[@unclemarksdiyauto]

Looking good! Can't wait to see the burnouts!

[@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

[@desertlobster908]

Good job guys!

[@davidbrown-55]

Only one thing I can say big Dan. MURVELOUS!

[@robertgembala8532]

Coming along great!

[@mikedaugharty5544]

good job dan and muir!!!

[@yobentley7274]

Love some Mur. Thanks.