FMJ
Registered Member
Could I run my engine without the transmission? I'd have the flyweel on of course but i don't have the right bellhousing and I want to run my 440.
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Engine w/out transmission
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dirtwarrior17
Banned
yup.... just don't spin it up.
FMJ
Registered Member
would it be O.K. to break in the cam at about 2,000rpm?
big83chevy4x4
3/4 ton status
i would say so. just remember, it will rev alot faster and easier.
sled_dog
1 ton status
nothing wrong with breaking in a cam without the trans there. Many people fab engine stands with gauges to break in motors. Sooner or later I will build one... if nothing else just cause its cool to have a motor sitting in the middle of the shop with no car, rumbling away.
I once fired up an Olds 455 on a pallet for a few minutes so the potential buyer could hear it. Hooked up some short pipes and mufflers...but no tranny or anything else.
Being 18 at the time I couldn't resist blipping the throttle...and the damn thing almost went over on it's side.
Rene
Being 18 at the time I couldn't resist blipping the throttle...and the damn thing almost went over on it's side.
Rene
we run em all the time at work on engine cradles... nice thing is no radiator for marine gigs.. run a garden hose to the raw pump and let her rip. 
yep, what they said. in fact, when i bought my tranny, the instructions say to keep the torque converter unbolted from the flywheel if you need to break in the cam. this was because you need to put the motor under load to test fluid pressure in trans. i wouldnt be worried about it.
if your running it inside the truck,i would fab something to bolt to the back of the motor(bellhousing boltholes) i dont think an engine will balance on the motormounts alone.
if your running it inside the truck,i would fab something to bolt to the back of the motor(bellhousing boltholes) i dont think an engine will balance on the motormounts alone.
FMJ
Registered Member
i was thinking i'd just prop the rear of the engine up.
dirtwarrior17
Banned
what did that thing start out as? never heard of a 440.
big83chevy4x4
3/4 ton status
440 mopar 
dirtwarrior17
Banned
oh..... I see. traitor
lol. j/k
lol. j/k
FMJ
Registered Member
Yeah I hate it, along with all dodges. If i win the lottery im going to buy rare dodges and beat them with a bat.
dirtwarrior17
Banned
why buy it?
R72K5
Banned
yes, hell you can run an engine sitting on the gorund if you hook up a battery and gas can, i do it all th time lol
hell i started a 350 up hanging on engine hoist last month,
i started a caddy 425 up laying out in the driveway out here, its easy
doesnt hurt a thing
good luck
hell i started a 350 up hanging on engine hoist last month,
i started a caddy 425 up laying out in the driveway out here, its easy
doesnt hurt a thing
good luck
R72K5
Banned
FMJ said:
hey theres a guy who has a personal yard here in town he has been buying and saving up old 60s chryslers for years, probably ever since the 60s, in all different conditions and completness, he never does anything with them cept let them rot in the yard, you should come here and have field day theyre gonna go to waste one day anyways, i go by there all the time and see them, nothing special, old cudas and verts and i dunno, dont care for them, dunno what any of them are, i coldnt recognize a duster from a newport or a charger, i just know the names,
good luck
