hey i just recently the motor in my truck busted a toner ring and the company i bought the motor from is gonna refund me my money and let me keep the motor so i would have a block and heads and i also have a 6.1 block ad heads no rottating asymbely and im wanting to build my truck to run mid to low 8s on all motor no spray no boost. im looking for help on what yall think i would need to build for my goal of mid to low 8s im wanting to use the 6.1 block and heads

Start with 6.1, 426 stroker kit.

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Originally posted by Superjay:
Start with 6.1, 426 stroker kit.

yup... that'll do it! BUT.. start saving your pennies for a BUILT transmission, cause it will happen.

You may want to look into putting a Dana 60 in it to go with the built tranny. Do you plan to massage the heads and intake ports any? Bigger valves?

Here's a little forum discussion about Moto's (Jared's) 426 Ram.

http://www.arringtonengines.co...st74_MOTOS-Race.aspx

what are you doing with the 5.7 heads???

yeah i had been thinking 426 for a while thats why i bought the 6.1 block and heads and to HemiByrd i was planing on using the 6.1 heads i got as cores for a set of better heads havnt picked wich ones yet thought and the 5.7 heads as of right now im thinking about a hemi into an old body style s10



i read the topic about the 426 ram but never could find anything recent on it last post from him with info was on may 3 2008 never said times or what happend with the race and iv been planing for the tranny for a while now im gonna order a stage 3 from SharaDon performance should have enought for it in just 2 paycheacks

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One word of advice. Research how many of the 426 engines are starting to fail after running for 1-2 years. I wouldn't recommend going bigger than a 392 6.1 or 370 5.7. The top of the cylinders are wearing prematurely and a few have broken cranks as well. Too much side load is being put on the cylinders of the 418 cu in '426' stroker motors.

Good point. A 392 would make plenty of power with all the usual NA head tricks and some good balancing.

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The top of the cylinders are wearing prematurely and a few have broken cranks as well.

Gee, racing motors wear out, and break. Who would of thunk it. Keeps me in business. That heavy ass QC needs cubic inches to turn the times he wants. Most motors that wear-out/break, have a story behind it! Lets take a basically stock Hemi. Valve springs break, don't use valve springs? Toner rings break, hell, we don't need that anyway. #3 piston lets go, we'll just build a V-7. Race it, it can break.

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The top of the cylinders are wearing prematurely and a few have broken cranks as well.

Gee, racing motors wear out, and break. Who would of thunk it. Keeps me in business. That heavy ass QC needs cubic inches to turn the times he wants. Most motors that wear-out/break, have a story behind it! Lets take a basically stock Hemi. Valve springs break, don't use valve springs? Toner rings break, hell, we don't need that anyway. #3 piston lets go, we'll just build a V-7. Race it, it can break.

I agree, but explain to the customer that his $10,000 engine will run like a bat out of hell for 10,000 miles then blow up ruining the block. That doesn't cut it for a street machine. I spared no expense on my engine and was told flat out to stay at a 392. I suppose other customers may have lower expectations then me, but I don't think I'm asking for too much.

i have read up a lot about the 426 and i def know about the saying gotta pay to play the truck has had 3 motors in it and only has 84000 miles on it i bought the truck with 40,000 on it lol i have a charger rt as my daily driver i just want a big as truck in the 8s na then maybe a lil spray after that

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then maybe a lil spray after that

See, that's exactly part of the problem. Tell yer machinist/engine builder, just exactly what u plan on doing. Clearances for a blown/turbo/nos motor are different. Especialy the ring end gap. Those of u under boost, did u give any thought to yer intake valve springs. It's under xxx lbs of pressure, thus lowering the usable spring pressure. How about the cam. Anyone got one with the 4-7 switch, in the firing order? Without it, cyl. 5&7 are fighting for the intake charge. How much do u trust yer computer, or the tuning of it. Is it infallible? There's a lot to this guys, trust me on that.

yeah the person that i wanna have build it knows this plan and that i wanna break it in good before i do spray and that im only gonna spray if a 426 isnt enough im gonna spray but he knows me enough that he knows ill get bored with just the 426 quick

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he knows ill get bored with just the 426 quick