Today on Dead Dodge Garage, we assemble the original 440 big block that will be going back into a nice, mostly original 1970 Dodge Monaco station wagon. This is a factory type rebuild - in fact, every effort has been made to make this engine detail correct, down to attaching exhaust manifolds, brackets, and other bits prior to paint, as was done originally during production in 1970. I utilized many reference photos taken at the time of disassembly, as well as various large books on the subject. I also spent countless hours cleaning and sand blasting fasteners and external engine components. You may not be going to these lengths for your rebuild, but the rest of the process is the same.

This engine is completely stock, other than an ever-so-slightly bigger camshaft, an oversized bore for cleanup and undersized main and rod journals - common steps taken during any thorough engine rebuild. The engine machining processes and parts selection were all done before filming, and are outside the scope of this video. A video on that end of building an engine may well be coming in the future - and if you're interested in a more performance-oriented big block build, that's also coming in the next couple months.

This engine is for yet another excellent Mopar restoration project at Rocket Restorations! @rocketresto