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Change a blown head gasket in an hour?

BY RICHARD EHRENBERG,S.A.E.

CRATE CRUNCH Richard–Other than Indy, is there a company out there that still makes big-block crate motors for sale, like 440, 500 cubic-inch and 500 horse power range? There used to be lots of them, now only one. I called Muscle Motors, but they don’t answer the phone one week, next week operator says line no longer in service, I’ve finally saved enough money for one for my ’69 Road Runner, but I find no motors out there. Carter Cincotta Ossipee, NH Carter–As of this writing, the Mopar Performance stock-type bare big-blocks are pure unobtanium, and have been for quite a while. This means crate engines are also unavailable, unless the supplier builds an engine from a used cylinder block. If you can scare up a good used 440 block, shops such as Hughes…

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Mopar Action (Digital) - 1 Issue, June 2022

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