The Big Black Hemi is Back !! And it Sucks !!!

the lesson i took away from this, when enough money leaves your personal pocket because of something you end up getting really really good at solving that problem

That's why you're successful is because you stand behind your work and there's not many left that does that

World needs more stand up dudes like Steve

Your patients and understanding is amazing Steve Sir. That is why you are #1 in the Engine industry is because you stand behind your ethics and work. You all take care and stay safe. NOTE i would have made it a boat anchor long ago

I can’t stop working on this. NEEDS TO BE ON A SHIRT

The fact that you use this to learn and also teach us instead of hiding it shows your real character. You a good dude Steve. We appreciate it.

When you said this is the kind of job that can put a small shop out of business I felt that in my soul. I run a small shop building land speed and racing motorcycles and I have definitely had those jobs that put me on the edge of closing my doors because I was hemorrhaging money trying to get the job completed I've got one right now customer had me build a 700 horsepower Turbo Hayabusa that thing blew up three different times on the dyno wound up being a bad fuel pressure regulator that when you snap the throttle would push fuel through the vacuum line and it would hydrolock breaking rings now the customer got it home rode it 12 times and it blew the cases in half cases in half I'm going to have to build him another motor the fortunate thing is when you have customers that are understanding that they are pushing limits that this is a completely off the wall irregular thing to do making 700 horsepower out of a bike that from the factory made 160 and he understands the situation has been calm about the situation and is even willing to help financially with the situation no I'm not going to make a penny I'm going to lose money but he is going to be the difference between me closing or not

All I know about the old Hemi is that you have to watch the overlap with high lift cams because the valves will hit one another. So besides piston to valve clearances you have to allow quite a bit of clearance between the valves which really limits the overlap you can run. So...I'd begin by determining how much overlap the heads will take before they clash, which then will determine what kind of lobe separation you need to run. How much lift the springs and valves can take and the acceleration and deceleration ramps will help determine the duration you can run with the limitations we've already mentioned about the overlap. I'm wondering if trying to spec the cam for max power at 6500 NA isn't maybe a bad idea seeing as it's going to be blown so it won't need nearly as aggressive cam timing to fill the cylinders well. More power to you Steve! I'm impressed that you took on the Big Black Hemi in the first place....and carrying through on it as you are shows a lot of spine and conviction. Good on you man!

Intake 330° @ .050 with 1.200 Lift, Exhaust 340° @ .050 with 1.300 Lift with a 110 Center LIne

.900 lift intake 300* duration .910 lift exhaust 315* duration 120* separation No substitution for cubic inches! Love the channel Steve! Education is the most expensive part of life!❤

Grown arse man weighing in. @ 19:52 when you said 3/4 race cam I was reduced to tears as my deceased father would frequently say that about his 69 Chevelle 396/375 or his Camaro 302cid. He’d flap his right arm as he was ready to dump the clutch on the big block. It was exhilarating and looking back extremely funny. I took him out in my built 87 Buick Grand National and had him clawing and pleading with me to release him from the boost. Miss that misunderstood fella. Thx SM!

That camshaft would make a SWEET lamp

Chat GPT says this for full race: Edited out original numbers 7/20/2024 @9:51PM EST NOTE: I have little idea what most of that means lol I just watch for the cool big motors and cool info. EDIT: I asked it a more specific question and it gave me this. Option 1: High-Performance Street/Strip Intake Duration: 280° @ 0.050" Exhaust Duration: 290° @ 0.050" Intake Lift: 0.880" Exhaust Lift: 0.880" LSA: 118° Option 2: Dedicated Race Build Intake Duration: 295° @ 0.050" Exhaust Duration: 305° @ 0.050" Intake Lift: 0.920" Exhaust Lift: 0.920" LSA: 120°

If I had the money you would be my engine builder. You are a stand up guy in an area of industry that is loaded with crooks and jerks. I’ll keep watching you videos and tell all my buddies to as well. Thanks Steve for being a light in a dark world of race car builders.

I don't know about Jet boats, but I know about race boats with outdrives and you don't limit the rpm with the camshaft. You use the cam to control where you want max hp and tq. You control the rpm with the propeller, through size and pitch. I hope that the 4th try is the charm. Cheers

Thank you Bullet Cams. Thank you Steve Morris. Integrity!

Steve, I used to own my own business. I totally agree with you. The school of hard knocks is the best lesson learned. I understand what you're going through with hours worked and not billed. I told many people I worked for free some weeks! Keep up the hard work, and keep your head up. There are always the keyboard warriors out there who know everything. Thanks for the great content!

Steve, I’ve built many engines nowhere on your level but I love the way that you use this platform to show people mistakes and problems that you run into were so many people would do everything they could to hide that really shows how down to earth you are really enjoy everything I learn from here

One thing about this channel is honesty and it goes along way! Good 👍 content

Ok, here’s my guess, Intake lift, a whole bunch, duration, about a week and a half, exhaust lift, around 250 pounds, duration I say about 3/4 of the way around. Lobe separation, don’t separate, stay together for the kids!!!! Set it up like this and it’ll run better than 2.7l in my Bronco. You’re welcome.