"......problem is there are cylinders that were open to the exhaust. i have a fresh 460 that has sat of years but i know it will have to come apart to clean those cylinders up. if the exhaust were taped up it would be better . but then the worry will be the collapsed springs ......"


Yeah, it's one of the reasons I like to get them running as quickly as I can after I build them. I built the HEMI for the 37 Dodge at the same time I did the one for the 57 Plymouth back in 2006. That one got put on the engine test stand and is run at least every 6 months .........always brought up to full operating temp then shut down by running all the fuel out of the carbs.

For the little 283 my Grandson and I are building I've already modified a storage stand I've had sitting around and dug up a radiator so we can do the break-in and exercise it once in a while till it goes in something.


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