AMT....ish Dodge 440 Engine Build
Posted: Tue May 21, 2019 8:21 pm
Sorry I haven't been around a whole bunch as of late fellas. Work has got me going in 10 different directions with changes coming in tidal waves. I'm pretty easy going with change in progressive waves but not all at once like the company that I'm working for is doing. It is completely exhausting. It's so bad that there's been a multitude of employees who've either said "Screw it" and retired or the same statement and sought employment elsewhere. In any case it's been pretty tough in my shop as of late.
With that being said I've slept in a lot more these days due to being totally wiped out but have managed to build a little something to have something to look forward to at the bench. I built this engine as part of one of those community projects that I talked about in another thread where there's 4-5 builders across the board building different sections of the model and sending it back to the administrator to assemble everything.
I got a 440 engine out of an AMT 74 Roadrunner kit which had a real POS engine out of the box. What you're seeing here is the base engine/ transmission, oil pan and headers from the AMT parts bag that was sent to me so that it can be easily installed into the AMT chassis with no modification. Everything from the cylinder heads on up, timing cover, belt/pulley setup, alternator and cooling fan are all Revell. Spark plug wires are from True Details, fuel line fabricated from aluminum wire, and engine wiring harness is scratchbuilt. Air cleaner decal is from Revell and the oil filter decal is from Slixx. That air cleaner decal was a real PIA to get to lay down right. Took about 10 coats of Microsol and some decal cutting to get it to lie down.
Anyways...The completed shots:
With that being said I've slept in a lot more these days due to being totally wiped out but have managed to build a little something to have something to look forward to at the bench. I built this engine as part of one of those community projects that I talked about in another thread where there's 4-5 builders across the board building different sections of the model and sending it back to the administrator to assemble everything.
I got a 440 engine out of an AMT 74 Roadrunner kit which had a real POS engine out of the box. What you're seeing here is the base engine/ transmission, oil pan and headers from the AMT parts bag that was sent to me so that it can be easily installed into the AMT chassis with no modification. Everything from the cylinder heads on up, timing cover, belt/pulley setup, alternator and cooling fan are all Revell. Spark plug wires are from True Details, fuel line fabricated from aluminum wire, and engine wiring harness is scratchbuilt. Air cleaner decal is from Revell and the oil filter decal is from Slixx. That air cleaner decal was a real PIA to get to lay down right. Took about 10 coats of Microsol and some decal cutting to get it to lie down.
Anyways...The completed shots:
