Since the early days of the Beach Boys, the fabled 409 has been considered a mysterious, landmark motor. For the first time ever, HorsePower builds one from the block up, revealing some of the fascinating features of this powerplant along the way.
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PARTS USED IN THIS EPISODE:
Air-Ride Technologies: Front Strong Arm system with Shockwave tubular upper and lower control arms, lower crosshafts, bushings, ball joints, Shockwave airbags, and all necessary fasteners and bracketry, rear Strong Arm system with tubular upper arm, lower control arms, adjustable panhard bar, Airsprings, shocks and all necessary fasteners and bracketry.
ARP: Rod bolts, main bolts, accessory kit.
Comp Cams: Roller camshaft and roller lifter set, 1.7 ratio rocker arms.
Denso: Iridium Tip performance spark plugs.
Doug’s Headers: Chevy passenger car header ’58-’64 full size Chevy ceramic coated.
Eagle Specialty Products: Chevy 409 crank 4340 steel, 6.135 rods with ESP armor coating.
Edelbrock: 348/409 W-Series Chevy street high-performance aluminum cylinder heads, cylinder head bolts.
Edelbrock: 600cfm manual choke carbs, fuel pressure regulator, electric fuel pump 160 gph, 2×4 linkage, dual quad fuel lines, polished filter.
Edelbrock: Chevrolet 348/409 W-series V8 Performer RPM dual-quad aluminum intake manifold.
Edelbrock: Classic aluminum valve covers with black finish.
Edelbrock: Edelbrock high performance aluminum water pump standard rotation.
Edelbrock: Large Oval Cast Air Cleaner for Dual-Quads with 2.4″ element, black finish.
Edelbrock: Oil filler tube.
Federal-Mogul Corporation: Intake Manifold set, exhaust manifold set, full set, head gaskets, valve cover gaskets.
Federal-Mogul Corporation: Rod and Cam bearings.
Federal-Mogul Corporation: Sealed Power piston rings.
Holley: Hooker Super Comp headers.
Lamar Walden Automotive Inc.: Engine block prep, custom machining of pistons, fitting and assembly of all parts supplied.
MAHLE Aftermarket: Main bearings.
Mallory Performance: Unilite “37” series distributor, bronze gear, chrome coil, coil bracket, Active Power Filter.
Stage 8 Locking Fasteners: Stage 8 locking header bolts.
Taylor Cable Products: Spark plug wire set.
Trans-Dapt: Spin-on oil filter adapter.