Joined: Sat Apr 04 2009, 10:33PM
Location: washington
Posts: 163
Alchemi wrote ...
Yep, currently 440 re-builders go for about $1k on ebay here
Getting a set of rods resized and new arps is roughly $35 ea + bolts ~$430au vs new ones from the US 450-500us - 6-660au +80ish to freight - if going stock legnth 383, Rock auto have em for $12 us ea for rebuilt ones (+80 freight)
Stroker crank 600 us - 800 au + $200 sea freight (6-8 weeks) I haven't been able to find a 440 crank here under $500 and then $300 to get the mains ground down - passed on a $200 440 one 6 months ago cause it was 5-600 miles away and i was moving house, regretting it now
Forged pistons - 625 us for some diamonds 800+ au plus the $80 ish freight
Stealth or Sidewinder heads $1k+ - $1300au +2-250 sea freight (plus 15% taxes/duties if you dont ship them individually)
and the list goes on and on, we pay pretty heavily to live in the "Lucky Country", Higher wages, but higher costs of living too - booze is a good example, it gets taxed heavily by alcohol content - when i was over there in 2010 (our dollar was evenly priced then) you could get a 1.5L bottle of smirnoff/jim beam/bicardi for $17-20, over here a 700ml bottle is $35-40, a 700ml bottle of bicardi 151 proof was $25 - $80 here, carton of beer $15 ish (at a petrol station - awesome way to encourage drink driving lol) $40-50 here. If there is not 2 low to medium incomes coming into a household - pretty much forget owning a house in a suburb near a city - anyhow enough of my rant
So the forced induction looks pretty cheap if the motor is in good condition, $1-2k ish for a turbo setup depending upon fab skills and bodginess
Joined: Mon Feb 18 2008, 11:08PM
Location: Tewantin, Queensland, Australia
Posts: 405
Where abouts in Bris are you? Have you checked out QCA? You could achieve 12's but will be hard depending on your budget, if you've been to Mopar Sunday you've seen my car, and a mates car, mine has a 440 500 stroker, Dans is a a 383 500 stroker,my best time was 12.5, but it will do 11's with some practice and fine tunining. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IL309Jmmjc