V4 Dodge

[Jack Gifford]

... using heat and bangy type objects...

Yeah, that can be good therapy!
Save me searching back- what are the injectors from?

[RichFox]

They are made for the MoPar W9 cylinder heads that go on MoPar sprint car engines. And such. These are the 18 bolt heads. The ports are .300 wider than the 340-360 heads. If you want to buy the other half of these injectors, I would very much like to sell them. Lite weight mag casting. 2.5 butterflies. Almost new.

[tauruck]

Rich, the mod you're busy on is an inspiration.

Wish I lived closer?. Thanks for making me believe that all things are possible.

[Kiwi Paul]

It`s still a bit far away from Rich, Mike, but the Spare Bedroom in our little House is always open to you....

[RichFox]

In case there is widespread interest in buying the extra half of the injector casting I measured the ports at 1.400 wide by 2.150 tall. I was using the Ebay posting for the throttle plate bore and by actual measurement they are 2 5/8. Should be enough air for a 26 dodge.

[tauruck]

It`s still a bit far away from Rich, Mike, but the Spare Bedroom in our little House is always open to you....

Thanks Paul, it is on my bucket list.

[RichFox]

Zenon has posted lots of pictures of the top, and I don't remember any of the bottom. So here is one to make the Ford guys jealous.

[Stan Back]

You're so cruel!

[Ron Gibson]

If you "GOT it", flaunt it

Ron

[Milwaukee Midget]

Henry wasn't the only one who looked to save money on studs and nuts . . .  BMC also saved money on bearings with the A series well into the 1980s -



The Dodge bottom end looks remarkably solid in comparison to either an early Ford or the Grenade.

[Jack Gifford]

Nice looking crank. Who made it?

[Milwaukee Midget]

Mine was made by Rody in Plymouth, Michigan - Rich, who made yours?

[RichFox]

Crower

[zenndog]

Rich finished the special washers for the intake during the week.

Today we worked on the intake spacer.

We rounded some of the edges to make it look racey.

Then we set the valve cover on the head and made some measurements for a notch we need to put in the spacer for clearance when the cover is in place

I am a little disappointed with the pics I took but oh well



We ended up cutting one of the valve covers to make sure it was sitting flat



Here is the spacer with the notch cut



Of course we realized that we have the wrong valve cover at the end of the day but....Rich thinks we can make it work and I concur.

Lots of details to work out as we continue

Rich wants to weld up the back of these slots and have the head resurfaced. If you look close you can see the water jacket peaking through.



Have a good week

[Jack Gifford]

I'm curious why the main caps aren't "taller"? What diameter are the crank's main journals? It appears that the caps can't be very thick (radially) at the center, are they? There seems to be plenty of room to fit taller caps. Just sayin'... I'd prefer more cap stiffness.