To clean or not to clean. That is the question

Kinja'd!!! "Frenchlicker" (frenchlicker)
12/19/2016 at 19:00 • Filed to: Project Possibilities, Project Hell

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While talking to a coworker about a possible project upcoming he tossed out a little tidbit of info. He has a 460 sitting in his garage that he yanked from a motorhome. He is a Mopar guy so he has no use for it really. He said if I clean his garage I can have the thing for $100. How dirty can a garage really be right?

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Kinja'd!!! bob and john > Frenchlicker
12/19/2016 at 19:09

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yea, how bad can it be?

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Kinja'd!!! Frenchlicker > bob and john
12/19/2016 at 19:15

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Gotta be negative. I assumed more like a garage you would see on Roadkill.


Kinja'd!!! comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer > Frenchlicker
12/19/2016 at 19:31

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U ded.


Kinja'd!!! jimz > Frenchlicker
12/19/2016 at 19:32

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the nice thing is that the 385 family (370/429/460) was pretty common so go-fast bits for it don’t cost an arm and a leg. It’s a cast-iron wheezer so you’re not going to get mad top end power (unless you don’t mind if it can’t idle,) but you can make a reasonably peppy stump puller out of it.

what year is it? Carb or FI?


Kinja'd!!! RacinBob > Frenchlicker
12/19/2016 at 19:39

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Just a tidbit of information. At least in a sample of 1, the Dodge mobile home like those found in class B campers are not the same engines as found in cars. How do I know?

Well about 20 years ago, a buddy used a car head gasket in his dodge powered RV and about 40 miles into the trip we boiled over. The RV head circulation is different and the car gasket didn’t have the necessary holes. For the next 600 miles we stopped every 30 miles from Chicago to Summit Point to refill the boiling over radiator. Can’t say what engine he had, or if a heavy duty RV type motor is good or bad. Just passing on information.


Kinja'd!!! daender > Frenchlicker
12/19/2016 at 19:41

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Does setting everything on fire count as cleaning?


Kinja'd!!! theloudmouth > Frenchlicker
12/19/2016 at 20:27

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Run. Run far. Run fast.


Kinja'd!!! Frenchlicker > jimz
12/19/2016 at 21:02

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Knowing the guy it is probably carbed. I really didn’t think much of it when he first said it but then started thinking about it more.


Kinja'd!!! Frenchlicker > daender
12/19/2016 at 21:03

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I wish, but he has his Mopar crap littered throughout I would assume and you know how those guys can be.


Kinja'd!!! Frenchlicker > theloudmouth
12/19/2016 at 21:03

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Run? I don’t run.


Kinja'd!!! theloudmouth > Frenchlicker
12/19/2016 at 21:14

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Walk, walk quickly


Kinja'd!!! Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > bob and john
12/19/2016 at 23:31

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Hey - how did you get a picture of my living room???

No, wait - my bicycle is in the basement...


Kinja'd!!! Pickup_man > Frenchlicker
12/20/2016 at 10:45

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What year is it? The 460's from the late 70's were pretty choked down, low compression pistons, not so great heads, etc, and didn’t make a ton of power. Of course they can be built up to be monsters, but as the saying goes, how fast do you want to spend? I had one for a while and was planning on putting it in my ‘50 F3 some day, but decided that it was going to cost way more than I wanted to build it to even the mild amount of power that I wanted, it was heavy as shit, and would get terrible mileage, which isn’t something I wanted because I want to drive the truck as much as I can. I sold it, a C6 trans, a 9" rear end, and all the accessories, for $400.

If a 460 is what you really want, I’d offer to clean the garage, and get the motor for free, or pay maybe $200-$250 for it and make them clean the garage themselves.

Edit: Coming from an RV it may not have been as emissions choked, I’d look into that, it might be worth it then.


Kinja'd!!! TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts > Frenchlicker
12/21/2016 at 22:02

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Go for it. There may be beer involved and who knows what other goodies you’ll find in there. And a mild 460 is a BEAST of an engine. Torque for days. However the compression might be kinda weak if its a mid seventies smog motor. But shave the heads, slap in a big honkin’ cam and you’re in business. Also quite a lot of parts from earlier 429 Cobra jets will fit since a 460 is just a bigger version of a 429. Still part of the same engine family at least, that being the 385 Series.


Kinja'd!!! Frenchlicker > TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts
12/22/2016 at 00:58

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I was trying to decide how expensive I would like it to be. I was looking at the Jon Kaase website earlier. Pretty stuff but also pretty expensive.


Kinja'd!!! TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts > Frenchlicker
12/23/2016 at 08:22

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The kaase stuff is cool, but there are some really good factory heads y9y could use. The aforementioned Cobra and Super Cobra Jet stuff especially.


Kinja'd!!! Ready for an adventure! > Frenchlicker
01/10/2017 at 15:50

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fake it. but in the direction AWAY from this situation