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: > > > > > > > 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 - > > - Show quoted text - -- -- Please address private email -- email of interest to only one person -- directly to that person. That is, email your parts/car transactions and negotiations, as well as other personal messages, only to the intended recipient. Do not just press "reply" and send your email to everyone using the general '62-'65 Clubhouse public email address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine-tune the content signal to Mopar topic. 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