Inetrceptor III 440 rebuild at Dave Gilliver's
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2018 3:16 pm
I visited Dave Gilliver to see progress on our 440 rebuild, something we have wanted to do for years having brought the car from the original owner back in '85, and bitten the bullet with a bare metal respray back in the late '90s.
The low oil pressure and state of the bottom end have long been concerns, and then a connecting rod let go in a coupe de grace forcing the rebuild.
We are capitalising on the opportunity to increase the compression ratio from 8.2 to 9.5:1, fit a warmer camshaft, forged crankshaft and a dual plane inlet manifold. A new carburetor is recommended, though of course we will be keeping all the stock parts including the Thermoquad.
It is great to see the engine mostly back together and waiting for new valve gear to replace the original pressed steel rockers.
Dave's focus is solely American V8 engines and not the cars, which provides the perfect opportunity for all the things we want to do in our engine bays, and can only do whilst the engine is out.
I have some more pictures of the proposed valve train, and the mangled crankshaft, connecting rod and piston (number 7) if anyone is interested.
I was not able to upload the pictures directly to this site, so here is a link to the pictures in DropBox:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/lqg67068ojp5 ... 5mHua?dl=0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Best regards
Rob
The low oil pressure and state of the bottom end have long been concerns, and then a connecting rod let go in a coupe de grace forcing the rebuild.
We are capitalising on the opportunity to increase the compression ratio from 8.2 to 9.5:1, fit a warmer camshaft, forged crankshaft and a dual plane inlet manifold. A new carburetor is recommended, though of course we will be keeping all the stock parts including the Thermoquad.
It is great to see the engine mostly back together and waiting for new valve gear to replace the original pressed steel rockers.
Dave's focus is solely American V8 engines and not the cars, which provides the perfect opportunity for all the things we want to do in our engine bays, and can only do whilst the engine is out.
I have some more pictures of the proposed valve train, and the mangled crankshaft, connecting rod and piston (number 7) if anyone is interested.
I was not able to upload the pictures directly to this site, so here is a link to the pictures in DropBox:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/lqg67068ojp5 ... 5mHua?dl=0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Best regards
Rob