The Pontiac 400 cubic inch motor (made between 1967 and 1979) is still a great platform for a high-performance daily driver. The HorsePower guys prove that by extracting a 400 from a junkyard, machining the block and rebuilding it on a two-thousand dollar budget. The results of this recycled-power project are pretty impressive when it's dyno time.
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PARTS USED IN THIS EPISODE:
Accel: HEI Distributor, HEI Supercoil, ignition module, spark plug wires.
ARP: Harmonic balancer bolt, head bolts, accessory bolt kit, rod bolts.
Butler Performance: Cleaning, prepping and machining of short block, bored .030, align honed, machined crankshaft, resized connecting rods, installed cam bearings, installed freeze plug kit, aluminum fabricated valley pan.
Denso: Denso Iridium tip spark plugs.
Edelbrock: Performer aluminum intake manifold.
Federal-Mogul Corporation: Cam Bearings, Rod bearings, Main bearings.
Federal-Mogul Corporation: Sealed Power pistons and rings.
Gold Eagle Co.: 104+ Octane booster and Maximum 104+ Octane booster.
Halibrand Engineering Inc.: 15x10 Halibrand Sprint cast polished aluminum wheels, 15x4.5 Halibrand Sprint cast polished aluminum wheels.
Hays: Steel flywheel.
Hedman Hedders: Ceramic coated long tube headers.
Howards Cams,Inc.: Hydraulic cam and lifters, timing set, valve springs, retainers and locks.
Loctite: Loctite 598 Black High performance RTV silicone gasket maker.
Mothers Polish: Mother's Tire Shine.
Mr. Gasket: Overhaul gasket set, exhaust gaskets, intake gaskets, chrome water neck, fuel pump mounting plate.
O'Reilly Auto Parts: Quadrajet OE replacement carburetor.
Pioneer Inc.: Rocker arm studs, rocker arm nuts, woodruff key, rocker arm balls, oil pan bolts, timing gear bolts, dowel pin kit, push rod, valve springs, freeze plug kit, oil filter adapter bolts.
Summit Racing: Harmonic balancer, FlowKooler water pump.
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