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Motorhome Dodge 440 Basic Rebuild Gets Great Horsepower and Torque
We all know the 440 big-block is the largest-displacement V-8 engine built by Chrysler, and when it comes to a combination of torque, power, and drivability, the 440 ranks as one of the best engines ever built. Instead of utilizing a high compression ratio or aggressive cam grind for its muscle, the 440 relies on
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Rebuild vs. New: Ford 360 FE Truck Engine
As a high-mileage, daily driven truck, my FE-powered 1968 F-100 has seen its fair share of bumps and bruises externally, but nothing prepared me for what was going to happen to the tough-as-nails, 360 big-block on a hot summer day. On a drive out to pick up a basket case motorcycle I purchased via the
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Get 500 lb-ft of Torque from a Small-Block Chevy in Six Easy Steps
The HT383 has been available for a number of years now, and it’s an excellent repower option for you GM (on non-GM) truck or 4×4 thanks to its rated 325 hp at 4,500 rpm and 415 lb-ft of torque at 3,500. It’s true that GM’s aluminum-headed Fast Burn 350 makes 385 hp and 385 lb-ft
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Top 10 7.3L Power Stroke Tech Articles
As diesel-powered Ford pickups go, F-250 and F-350 rigs have been motivated by oil burners since as early as 1983, when a naturally aspirated, 6.9L, indirect-injection (IDI), International Navistar V-8 was offered as an optional powerplant. Those first diesels made a then-stout 170 hp and 305 lb-ft of torque, and put the F-Series in a
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Is This the Easiest Way to Get 415 Horsepower for Your Classic Truck Build?
So why would you want to build an LS engine? Because they are cheap horsepower and easy to build. Over a million trucks were made with V-8-powered LS powerplants since 1998. Tons of aftermarket companies are now making parts for these engines, and our test engine ended up making 415 horsepower with minimal parts. So
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Make 625 hp with a Junkyard 5.3L Truck Engine
This is the age of horsepower. Power masters build giant-cube big-blocks and play with exotic CNC-machined billet blocks with custom bore centers, tomato-can-sized bores, and yard-length strokes. But on the other end of the scale is a new army of small-displacement production V-8 engines capable of amazing power numbers. We had rescued a 5.3L truck