oooh....a virgin 401 for the cherokee...

[Ristow]

this is the 401 from the J20 i pulled last year. not bad shape. std journals on the crank. std bore on the cylinders. mininmal wear ridge,the piston i removed pushed right out.

typical dumb po stuff-not Spaulding,this motor was in when he got the truck-. 360 flexplate and balancer.various accesories incorrectly/cobbily installed. head bolts were all loose. gaskets looked copper coated,which ain't so bad,but they were trashed from not being properly torqued.wonder why the heads were pulled previously...


http://i453.photobucket.com/albums/qq258/Ristow71/P1010008.jpg

http://i453.photobucket.com/albums/qq258/Ristow71/P1010009.jpg

http://i453.photobucket.com/albums/qq258/Ristow71/P1010010.jpg

http://i453.photobucket.com/albums/qq258/Ristow71/P1010011.jpg

http://i453.photobucket.com/albums/qq258/Ristow71/P1010012.jpg

http://i453.photobucket.com/albums/qq258/Ristow71/P1010013.jpg

http://i453.photobucket.com/albums/qq258/Ristow71/P1010016.jpg


so..when the weather warms up,and the garage gets its' spring clean,i think it'll get freshen'd up and go in the cherokee.


didn't i say i was done messin' with this crap.....?:confused:

[baybilly]

didn't i say i was done messin' with this crap.....?:confused:


:lol: :lol: i told you it was just cabin fever big guy i guess you could replace spring fever with Jeep fever. :fsj: DONE he says. HAHAHAHA :p

[mattmopar440]

mike you are getting sleepy:zzz: very sleepy:zzz: sell matt your 401 very sleepy:zzz: and j20 axles very sleepy :zzz::zzz:

[Ristow]

ROFLOL!!

[mattmopar440]

so..when the weather warms up,and the garage gets its' spring clean,
Now thats Funny:lol::lol: :D clean what are you going to do burn it down

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd140/mattmopar440/P1000082.jpg
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd140/mattmopar440/IMG_0405.jpg

and yes folks that an old 4.2L he's dragging out on an old wag hood

[tkiller13]

so..when the weather warms up,and the garage gets its' spring clean


Now thats Funny:lol::lol: :D clean what are you going to do burn it down


Gonna have to burn the yard also......:lol: :whistle:

[mattmopar440]

was that thing filled with dexcool mike I looks really bad

[bushwood44]

Looks like a good one to build, didn't you just build a engine 3 or 6 months ago?

[grand_wag_85]

Looks like she sat for a bit Mike. Any idea as to why the #7 piston is all scratched up?

Dare I ask what your plans are for it?:bluelaugh:

[grand_wag_85]

Looks like a good one to build, didn't you just build a engine 3 or 6 months ago?
That was just a warm up.;)

[chr1s]

I know you can feel the jealousy Im sending you... all the way from PA ...:rolleyes:

SHOWOFF:thumbsup:

[Ristow]

i scraped the carbon off #7 to see if there was any oversize indicators stamped into the piston.

had green coolant in it. dunno why it's so nasty in there. it'll get hot tanked though.

cheap fresh-up. will hot tank the block,new cam bearings,lightly deck it too. i have a set of heads off the old 401 that had the cracked block,they were rebuilt previously. will use them,probably have them shaved a little too,help bump the compression a bit. had i not given away my 291C heads i prbably would have used them here.

re-ring it,turn the crank. probably an 8600 cam,maybe with rhoads lifters. 4 bbl intake and a nice edelbrock carb.


Gonna have to burn the yard also...... LOL!


I know you can feel the jealousy Im sending you hmm...and here i though it was just gas.

[mattmopar440]

probably an 8600 cam,maybe with rhoads lifters. 4 bbl intake and a nice edelbrock carb.

Copy Cat :rolleyes:

[grand_wag_85]

had i not given away my 291C heads i prbably would have used them here.

I hope you aren't referring to a set of F*rd heads:eek:

[bigun]

What your not going to stroke it? And I don't mean standing beside it Rubbing it gently!!!

[grand_wag_85]

What your not going to stroke it? And I don't mean standing beside it Rubbing it gently!!!

That is just so wrong man!

[baybilly]

That is just so wrong man!

but funny as h---

[Ristow]

Copy Cat :rolleyes:

you'd didn't know what rhoads lifters were till i used/told you about them.



anyone got a decent 401 harmonic balancer?

[mattmopar440]

anyone got a decent 401 harmonic balancer?

I do sitting on my work bench but you cant have it :D

[PlasticBoob]

anyone got a decent 401 harmonic balancer?

I do!! But it's for my spare virgin 401 I'll be building up... :D

When I rebuilt the 401 that's currently in there, I got one from Damper Dudes, looked like new! http://www.damperdudes.net//product_info.php?cPath=21&products_id=30

[Casey]

I do!! But it's for my spare virgin 401 I'll be building up... :D


LOL me too... :D

:noevil:

[trellis8]

Wow, where did you get those amazing aluminum slot wheels?:D

[Ristow]

those are the 8.5" ones i had,yours are at the shop,i buffed em out on friday.


lol...looked at the heads i pulled of this motor today. check out the exhaust valve i pulled from #8. maybe this was why it had a miss?

http://i453.photobucket.com/albums/qq258/Ristow71/P1010018.jpg

[krek]

Looks like a pie chart of the economy...

[bigun]

Lap it in it's good for another 20K miles