now for the engine...
I'm just an everyday country boy from east texas that has my own business. I have always busted my a** working and thought I had to have this car. Normally would have built my own and have several more to back it up.
Finally had it delivered, body and interior are first class; after initial euphoria noticed water vapor on the valve covers...uh oh:(. Also the clutch linkage did not play well with the 3-finger hays clutch setup, I pulled and stabbed the tranny 7 times in my home garage, finally replaced clutch with a centerforce unit. So I take it for a test drive and a headgasket on drivers side says bye bye. man was I pissed:elmer::elmer::elmer:. I pulled the motor, tore it down, cylinder sleeves varied from .02 to 0.19 above deck...really???? another level of pissed! Also the displacement was 528 ci, not the 572 that I paid for.
I got HHP to exchange bad block for new generation HHP block (see chrysler power mag dated August 2014, page 16); signed by Tom Hoover before he passed and other ramchargers. Since then we have been machining, testing, ordering custom parts and slowly moving towards a real custom built hemi. Gettin close.
