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[MO <micher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 I thought this story had a familiar" ring" to it.. Go to the Hughes
link and see who wrote this and what his nickname is.  Does it sound
familiar?? I don't know if this engine is for real or a product of
fantasy. and reading alot of Mopar magazines.  Some of it just doesn't
sound right. I am sure that Hughes got a little chuckle out of it --
Can't beat positive advertiseing from a happy customer!
8-).................MO

On Jul 12, 10:27 pm, "Paul L.   http://1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/ml-lennemann63.html";
<pjl...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> That's when they would say, "Well that customers numbers are a little off.
>  But here's what we CAN do...................."
> A few observations on this story.  He's got the aluminum heads w/ 75 cc
> chambers, .020" head gaskets, and KB (hypereutectic?) pistons.  All of
> these things add up to higher compression.  Many stock heads have 88 cc
> chambers and if I remember correctly typical head gaskets are .040".  The
> KB hypereutectic pistons I used have a lower pin height to bump the
> compression up.  So if he has all of these the compression is quite a bit
> higher than he's claiming.  Plus he's got the Victor heads which will flow
> really well.  I know what a little pocket porting on stock heads and the KB
> pistons will do to wake up one of these motors.  So if he's never driven a
> horsepower/torque monster like this before I can imagined he was very
> impressed.
>
> Paul L.
>
>  Thursday, July 12, 2012 7:34:47 AM UTC-5, DJ wrote:
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> > A friend of mine built this 440 and it says he has 8:1 compression? I know
> > there are guys on this list who are far smarter than me when it comes to
> > building and figuring out engines? My question is: Is this possible with
> > than low of compression? It is on Hugh's website. Please excuse no heading,
> > 'puter is acting up.
>
> >  I built a low-compression, high horsepower 440. I took it out last night
> > and it just flies! You have to be careful or it will get away from you. You
> > also better already have a plan thought ohat no matter what goes wrong, you
> > have a counter-move already thought up and you put it to use instantly.
> > Because that's all the time you will have to think and react.
> > The engine builder didn't cut the deck to zero, I used, I think .020"
> > Felpro head gasket, the combustion chamber had been modified and my hot
> > cranking pressure was only 125 PSI. They used 93 octane gas when 87 octane
> > gas would have given me even more HP. I hit 572.5 HP at 5900 RPM and 562.5
> > ft. lbs. of torque at 4500 rpm and that's "corrected" HP. Actual HP that
> > day when the air temp in the garage was only 60 degrees and full of oxygen
> > would have been over 600 HP, I'm sure. I've seen them test engines in
> > contests and some engines making well over 600 HP that don't make as much
> > torque as my engine does and they are running hotter cams and much higher
> > compression. I have read time and time again in magazines that if you have
> > large ports and too much carberration your car won't have any bottom end
> > and it will bog when you stomp on the gas pedal. Not my car! Stomp on the
> > gas pedal and the 8 1/2" B.F. Goodrich street slicks start melting, the
> > rpms shoot up to 6300 rpm, then the slicks start to catch, the rpm drops
> > back to 5500 rpm and I can shift anywhere up to 7000 rpm with no problems.
> > I blame Hughes Engines for all that horsepower and torque from a stock 440
> > block bored .040 over with probably less than 8.0 compression and an
> > original Max Wedge intake that isn't supposed to work this well. Your cams
> > and rocker arms and shafts are the best in the business. My cam
> > (HTL4852BS) is only the third hottest solid lifter flat tappet cam with 248
> > degrees duration on the intake and 252 degrees duration on the exhaust and
> > with 1.6 ratio rocker arms it has .600 lift on the intake side and .610
> > lift on the exhaust side. Its as hot a cam as you could use on the street.
> > I makes so much torque on the bottom end its unbelievable and when you see
> > the HP and torque graph and how flat it is, just give all of yourselves a
> > big pat on the back because you people make the best Mopar cams on the
> > planet and the best rocker arms and shafts, pushrods, etc. If it comes from
> > Hughes you know its right and if by chance something is wrong you people
> > will bend over backwards to make things right. You don't blow off anyone
> > who has any questions for you. Everyone at Hughes is knowledgeable, kind
> > and generous plus being extremely helpful. I have been passing the word
> > about Hughes Engines on some car forums and you got some customers who
> > didn't even know you existed because of me and all the people who deal with
> > you are extremely happy with your service and your parts. A better Mopar
> > place doesn't exist on this planet.
> > I got one of the first set of Edlebrock Victor heads from you with the
> > extended ports and with the 75 cc combustion chamber and with Keith Black
> > pistons I used it was supposed to have 10.9 compression. Because of the
> > metal taken out of the combustion chamber, using a thick head gasket and
> > the engine builder not decking the block at zero is the reason the
> > compression is so low but that turned out to be a blessing rather than a
> > curse.
> > The power is "corrected" HP, not actual HP, which would have been a lot
> > more as actual HP as the air was thick as the barometer was at 28.03 the
> > day I dyno'd my engine, the lowest the dyno man had ever seen and the air
> > was thick with oxygen. Actual HP would have been at least 600 HP that day
> > and if they had used 87 octane gas and raised the temp. to 180 on the
> > coolant it would have cracked 600 "corrected" HP anyway. This motor is a
> > beast and screams on 87 octane gas.
> >    Use any part of this email on your web site if you wish. You guys
> > deserve all the credit in the world for making my dream come true and you
> > were always more than helpful and you never turned your backs on me. You
> > are the BEST MOPAR PLACE ON THE PLANET, hands down.
> > Chick
>
> > *Stock Stroke Low Compression (around 8:1) 440 engine*
> > *Camhsaft: HTL4852BS
> > HP: 572.5 @ 5900 rpm*
> > *Torque: 562.5 ft/lbs @ 4500 rpm *
>
> > DJ- Hide quoted text -
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