{"id":102260,"date":"2023-07-04T06:00:19","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T11:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=102260"},"modified":"2023-07-03T23:26:10","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T04:26:10","slug":"building-a-440-ci-chysler-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=102260","title":{"rendered":"Building a 440 ci Chysler V8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=102267\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-102267\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"102267\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=102267\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Hagerty-Redline-Rebuild-440-ci-Chysler-V8-01.jpg?fit=1400%2C788&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1400,788\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Hagerty Redline Rebuild 440 ci Chysler V8 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Hagerty Redline Rebuild 440 ci Chysler V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Hagerty-Redline-Rebuild-440-ci-Chysler-V8-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Hagerty-Redline-Rebuild-440-ci-Chysler-V8-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Hagerty Redline Rebuild 440 ci Chysler V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-102267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Hagerty-Redline-Rebuild-440-ci-Chysler-V8-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Hagerty-Redline-Rebuild-440-ci-Chysler-V8-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Hagerty-Redline-Rebuild-440-ci-Chysler-V8-01.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Hagerty-Redline-Rebuild-440-ci-Chysler-V8-01.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Davin Reckow from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hagerty.com\/media\/series\/redline-rebuild\/\">Hagerty&#8217;s Redline Rebuild<\/a> was tasked with building a Chrysler 440 ci V8 for a vintage dirt track race car. The first video shows the motor at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/APEXEngines\/\">Apex Competition Engines<\/a> in Fenwick, Michigan for machining of the block and heads. The second video shows Davin rebuilding the motor with new Bullet pistons, Eagle rods, Comp camshaft, and Ferrera springs. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/DVSHRl46beg\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/rOBKvYkNlUc\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=102268\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-102268\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"102268\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=102268\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Hagerty-Redline-Rebuild-440-ci-Chysler-V8-02.jpg?fit=1400%2C788&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1400,788\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Hagerty Redline Rebuild 440 ci Chysler V8 02\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Hagerty Redline Rebuild 440 ci Chysler V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Hagerty-Redline-Rebuild-440-ci-Chysler-V8-02.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Hagerty-Redline-Rebuild-440-ci-Chysler-V8-02.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Hagerty Redline Rebuild 440 ci Chysler V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-102268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Hagerty-Redline-Rebuild-440-ci-Chysler-V8-02.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Hagerty-Redline-Rebuild-440-ci-Chysler-V8-02.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Hagerty-Redline-Rebuild-440-ci-Chysler-V8-02.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Hagerty-Redline-Rebuild-440-ci-Chysler-V8-02.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/Hagerty\">Hagerty<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Davin Reckow from Hagerty&#8217;s Redline Rebuild was tasked with building a Chrysler 440 ci V8 for a vintage dirt track race car. The first video shows the motor at Apex Competition Engines in Fenwick, Michigan for machining of the block and heads. The second video shows Davin rebuilding the motor with new Bullet pistons, Eagle&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=102260\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Building a 440 ci Chysler V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":102267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chrysler"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35470,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=35470","url_meta":{"origin":102260,"position":0},"title":"Dodge Demon V8 Rebuild","author":"swaptastic","date":"January 24, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"The supercharged 6.2 L Hemi V8 from a Dodge Challenger SRT Demon is an amazing engine. 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