Well, first off thank you Nicholas for a fine informative video. For all viewers this is my engine and I am thrilled that the brothers Panaritis are working together on this build. They remind me of working with my brother Mark on projects ,annoying each other at times but also quite endearing and I would not have it any other way. Precious moments. Thank you Phillip for your interest. Thanks for the Thunder Road heading as that came from an old friend Paul Stine from Johnstown P.A. who, when I attended auto mechanics school at Vale Technical Institute in Blairsville P.A. from 1974-76. He always used that as a closing in correspondence. I know there is more to this build and I will be looking forward to the final values. And to you George, thanks for the filming of these videos and the cool back-lighting on the shorts video. You are awesome with your talents. Enough said. Happy New Year to Nicholas and crew and I thank you all. Michael Kocan.Thunder Road!!!
Nick is such a humble individual, no finger pointing or calling out. Takes a big person to carry on an make this stove roar! There is always one that makes you second guess it but Nick and his brother are such meticulous they would not push out a sub par heater! Thumbs up to the garage crew. Happy new year! Fantastic video.
@@petercasper224 Well said. You are correct. Even with all the customs challanges with this build being in Canada I would have it no other way. Nicholas is a genuine good guy and his work is tops. If any of you ever have the opportunity to meet him in person you will find him to be authentic in every sense of the word. There is no fake acting here.Michael Kocan
Anyone who hasn't broken something, hasn't built anything. Great video - great to show what goes wrong as well as what goes right. It's a learning experience.
You are a lot calmer than I would be about the piston situation, NIck! Machine-shops hide behind the same B.S. policy about it being the builders responsibility to check their work! Your only responsibility was to check for piston clearance, ring-end gap and obvious physical damage; it is simply unreasonable to expect you to have caught something like that. Having said that, I know that J.E. pistons have been used in high-performance Harleys for many years and as far as I know, have a good reputation so I agree with you that this experience shouldn't turn people off using their pistons. Keep up the great work🙂
I'm sure J.E. watched your video......They should have offered you something for all your troubles along with an apology! All you received was a pittance message wth a replacement piston?
Man I am so glad that my algorithm finally threw me in Nick's Garage direction. What a nice and humble guy and he's easy to listen to. Heartwarming and peaceful if you will... in an otherwise chaotic world!!! 😂😂😂👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 (for real though)
I enjoy watching the Hemi Brothers working together, trying to squeeze as much hp and torque as they can, out of an engine. They have many years of combined knowledge with Hemis, and MoPars in general. I think its cool. Thanks guys! Happy New Year
You’re a good, honest, man Nick? Some of these questions don’t make sense to me because you obviously know your Mopar’s! If I had the money to own a Mopar muscle, you are the one I’d have rebuild my engine!!! Love the content!!
If you're running pump gas, don't forget the blend is changed for winter, having lighter 'fractions' to help cold starting but also resulting in less Btu / power than what the 'summer' blend can produce.
Hi Nick.. I don't have any stupid questions to ask, I'm not a "pretend builder" , You and I have the same skill set, same work ethic, we are from the same era, when they taught us how to repair and rebuild, we know sh*t can happen to anybody, I'm not mad at you, no worries, Mopar rocks, Nick's Garage rocks even better, Let the good times roll... Love the show !
Glad to see that JE pistons stood by their product and took care of you on this issue. That engine may still need some fine tuning to get a number closer to 550 HP at the crank, but, Nick, you will find the solution and the extra power! Thanks for a great video series on this hemi!
It’s interesting watching the unique dynamic of two siblings working side by side. You hear people say a close friend is like a brother, but brothers are something special.
Wow Nick. Did you read some of the replies? Ignorant replies that are clueless automotive word salad. Pure comedy. You have been working on these engines before many were born. You know more tuning tricks than most any. I hope you are just having a good chuckle from some of these replies. Thanks for a great video. I watch anything HEMI.
Hey Nick and crew. My mother made Pastitsio for our Christmas dinner. She got the recipe from the wife of my boss at the Greek restaurant I worked when I was a teenager. She makes it for the family about once a year. So good. Happy New year to Nick's Garage. Enjoy the Journey - Cheers
You’re a professional Nick you’ve been doing this for many many years. It seems to me by listening to all the comments people are looking to throw you under the bus I’ve used JE. pistons for years. I have three engines right now that have JE piston one makes 2460 hp at the crankshaft 572 cid big block Chevy but I also have a 68 GTX 505cid with JE pistons and a man’s transmission Hemi 4speed car Dana 60 4.10 gears
Good for you. Do you build your own engines or just request what Internals are to be used? If you do in fact build your own engines, and you were given a bad piston out of a set of 8, what would you do? I don't really need an answer, you know what you would do.
Was there ever a doubt? Back and running to 6500. That’s a big motor, what a sound it must be. Regardless of where the numbers end up, it’s an icon - thanks for bringing us along
This engine looked real good during testing. I'll be interested to see what happens after Nick does some carburetor work. Thank you Nick and George for this video. Hope you all had a great New Years Day.
Nick: You are among the best at your craft. You are also the consumate nice guy. This time, I want to humbly suggest that you were too nice. JE acknowledged that they were responsible for a defect that you discovered at signifcant cost to you. When they offered to replace one piston and requested that YOU inspect the other seven, you should have refused. You have several hundred thousand viewers on your channel. It would be in their best interest to take all 8 pieces back and send you the BEST 8 perfect pistons they know how to make. No excuses. And no busy work for you and your team to find any more of their mistakes. Still love your videos!
Thanks for the update Uncle Nick. Somoene at JE took some heat for that one. Serial numbers, ect, to yrack them back. Probably got distracted, intercom callout, cell phone ring, parts supplier sigining, called to the office, something. JE Pistons have made WW1 era rotary radial aircraft engine pistons. The WW1 rotary radials that use the crankshaft flange as the engine mount to the fuselage. The propeller is mounted to the engine block, and the whole engine block spins. Yep, those pistons.
It amazes me to watch one of those engines rev like that, if I tried that with my BB Olds, there would be pieces spread all the way to Montreal! LOL 😂 👍 Happy New Years to you and your family and crew!
Wishing Nick, his family, George, and the entire crew the very best for 2025. One of the best automotive channels out there. Cheers from the Gatineau Hills!
I think checking spring pressure on all valves is a must. Shimming a good idea. I think I would also check cyl pressure on few more cyls to see if you are close to 195-200 psi. Finally, go through those carb jets and metering rods to insure air/fuel ratio is good. You'll straighten it out Nick, you always do.😊
I love the old mopars, I have a 1970 Roadrunner that was originally a 383 car, it is in rough shape however I plan to rebuild it. Sure would be nice to find a 426 to put into it. Keep making the great videos, I love to see the old mopars come to life and make great horsepower.
I'm happy with the power it makes, and I trust all the rest of the parts enough to shoehorn it into my Dodge Caliber. Lolol. It's not a matter of getting reimbursed for your time and work, that's the price of being an engine builder, along with the commitment and dedication to completion. Most of the time, it works the first time. So, there you have it. Happy New Year to Nick and all of the crew. May it be the Best yet!
Dana "60" Glass. Sounds like valve float just over 6,000, otherwise sounds amazing. No more piston problems. Great your supplier replaced the bad piston. Unfortunately these things happen. Happy New Year to all the motorheads!
Things happen, we are only human. JE pistons make good products. It's all part of the auto experience lol Be thankful that you caught it in time before it was shipped out and catastrophic failure occured. 840+ grams weight for a hemi piston? I didn't realize that they are that heavy, what is a factory piston? I would assume much heavier. I enjoy your content, always something interesting.
Happy New Year to you and all of your Guys Nick! The first thing that I would do is change the distributor or have someone run it on a machine to check it out, then I would lean out those carbs. Once that's done and you are making some power, then you can address the suspected valve float. Changing too many things at once causes headaches. I really saw the reaction to the numbers on that dyno run when everything fell of the cliff! Good luck and will be watching for the next vid! Thank you!
It's always nice to see a Hemi on the Dyno, on the last Monday of 2024. I agree with Nick, the Hemi should have made better numbers, especially with aluminum heads & bigger valves. I always enjoy seeing Nick and Phil working together for more HP. I hope that you have a Happy, safe and prosperous New Year!! All the best to you in 2025.
The front carb looks clean, but the rear carb looks slightly crusty from the top. The horsepower curve dropped off like a rock. I expect you are right about the valve springs. Thanks for another enjoyable video!
Company should have thrown in a few sets of pistons for all your head aches as a sign of good customer service as soon as they confirmed it was their mistake . I know I would , even if it wasn’t on the internet. Word of mouth gets around quick.
Great session, love to see Hemi's scream, Great to see Phil and his great input, Dynamic Duo on another level other than Manny and Robert. As far as power goes I'm a big fan of Solid lifters either Flat or street roller , no doubt in my mind if Phil specs out a Solid cam you will surpass your target
Its going to be a great engine once the tuning sets in. I would use a single plane and dominator maybe some more cam and slightly more compression. However it is 195 so doubt it needs more,maybe the cam is just wrong, or carbs just need tuned. 550 hp could show up. Maybe the intake vave is a little shrouded. Je pistons fixed the issue and that is good for nicks garage.
I would want any motor I built to make power to 6500rpm . It's not going in a truck . 25 degrees is insane put race gas in it or something and figure why it pings at 35
I think Nick made the right call, as unless there is signs of serious damage to the block, cylinder, crank then there is no reason to do a complete rebuild. As that is how god only knows how many mechanics have done god knows how many engines that had a piston failure like that. The worst I have ever seen, is the top of the piston pop off.
If you're looking to get the plug wire boots to seat on the tubes I believe Accel makes a shortie spark plug for that application. 0416S or 0414S should put those plug wires down on the valve cover if you have typical plugs in that engine.
It's always a good thing for manufacturing to admit that parts are faulty and replace them with good parts, to maintain greater quality, and identify where there are mistakes in there are problems in their production of the parts
Sadly Nick's business is out a bunch of hours labor plus parts. Show's the QC isn't what it should have been (they should have caught the error) and in fairness JE should at the least be supplying a free set of pistons at Nick's request for his next build to help to cover his expensed for their mistake.
Nick me and Kate just watched bad piston hemi back on the dyno,before we heard confir.ation we looked at each other and said that's Nick's brother.Bon Anniversaire mes amis
Excellent video, and great attitude concerning the build. To answer the end question - if that was my motor, I'd beat the living hell out of it the way it was meant to be, and probably end up without a license :)
Happy to see the Manufacturer acknowledge their mistake and replace it BUT still sucks that the ‘independent’ shop owner had to eat the additional cost caused by the “mishap”… All the best in 2025!!!
Wow Nick its the putting it right that counts pity more didn't live by that rule thus Nick I'm sure next time we see this Hemi on the dyno it will be running sweeter than ever and making the numbers you mentioned. All the best for the New Year Nick, Your Family and the A Team not to mention Melissa & George.
Hey Nick, you should turn the engine over without touching the throttle until the cylinders begin showing signs of firing so as to not flood the engine which would ruin the air fuel mix in the intake stream and combustion chamber.
Hello Nick , Happy New Year! On the case with the low performance #'s on the 426 Hemi , l Would check these 6 things : 1) Check for Valve lift, to see if the intakes and Exhaust valves all the match the seme lift....If the lifters are hydraulic, they would also be confirmed along with the camshaft and Valve trane... Spin the pushrods to make sure all of them are STR8... 2) Check for slop of the cam timing components...An easy check on engines with camshaft driven ignition timing components like this.... Checked with the timing light to see if the ignition timing is 'hunting' - inconsistent... 3) Check for effective distributor mechanical advance , and Vacuum advance best done with a timing light as engine goes through the RPM range...Also check for effectiveness of ignition coil ... Swap the ignition coil for a known good coil... Also check the gap on the reluctor & pickup on the distributor. Swap the electronic ignition amplifier box for a known good one... 4) Check to see if the harmonic ballancer timing ring marks are accurate. Best done when putting Piston #1 at TDC on the compression stroke, using a dial indicator or a 150cc of oil in the cylinder and then putting a clear plastic tube through a hollowed 14mm spark plug shell to check the greatest height of oil in that tube...That will accurately locate where TDC is, then look to see if the marks on the harmonic ballancer ring has shifted on that rubber mounted hub... 5) Check for excessive crankcase blow by...This would indicate a compression sealing issue in the bottom end of this engine.... 6) Check for combustion gas getting into the cooling system... This indicates some engine coolant passages being exposed to combustion gass's Typically caused by head gasket leaks or crack(s) in the head(s)...Particularily this engine with the aftermarket Aluminum heads... Today is: 01/01/25
I'm a machinist/toolmaker and I also have 10+ years of automotive machining exp. That ef'd up piston could have been, machined a few different ways to get the final product, by your inspection of all in the set of 8 , Nick, I could see what you were talking about and my best observation and opinion is that the valve reliefs are done by a CNC mill and the pistons are most likely held by a specially engineered and machined fixture that will allow the piston to be held correctly or turned 180 degrees causing the failure of that area because ram or forming tool for the internal area of piston used during forging doesn't leave enough material under the exhaust valve relief area if it's machined 180 out, the holding fixture should have been designed and machined so the piston can only be held correctly when inserted into the fixture. Now I'd bet that you tap on the valve relief areas with a very small ball peen of all pistons to "hear" the thickness of that area. LOL Warranty on personally installed performance parts especially pistons? Funny, because you're creating 8 combustion chambers that each have more force than a hand grenade when going off, again, funny.
I agree 100%. My first thought was the fixture should have been designed so the piston couldn’t be installed in the fixture incorrectly. That’s a fundamental for jig and fixture design.
With how parts are these days you have to inspect them really good before using them even my friend he talks about getting high end rods and there is always a rod or two on the big end that is not honed properly and he has to hone it and that is why you have to inspect and measure everything before using them that way you will not mess something else because of something someone else did. it seems like some people are not measuring properly or not measuring at all.
I used to work for a large machinery manufacturer, I don’t even blame the employee that loaded that piston into the machine backwards. I’d look to the mechanical engineers that should have made that particular jig or fixture impossible to load backwards. We had teams of people that made things like that foolproof so even untrained goofballs could perform the tasks, because that’s what a lot of the workforce is these days.
Mainly because that's what management has been pushing for. They don't want "specialists" that can deal with problems and don't make mistakes. They want to try and simplify every process and procedure so that you really don't mean anything because they believe, "anyone can do his job."
@minnesotatomcat If you do something enough times you will make an error. It's inevitable. Anything that reduces the odds is a good thing. The last Powerglide I got done didn't work when we got it in the car. Simple assembly error. He has done literally thousands of these in the last 50 years. I didn't get mad, it happens. I've been buying racing trans from him since the 80s and it's the first one that had an issue on install.
You are right to not give the piston manufacturer a hard time after years of good work! I suspect that the muscle car industry is down to a very small number of quality producers!
With a piston that's defective Ain't no Hemi that's effective It's all simple on a retrospective It's handy Nick's Garage is corrective Happy New year Nick and George!
Well, first off thank you Nicholas for a fine informative video. For all viewers this is my engine and I am thrilled that the brothers Panaritis are working together on this build. They remind me of working with my brother Mark on projects ,annoying each other at times but also quite endearing and I would not have it any other way. Precious moments. Thank you Phillip for your interest. Thanks for the Thunder Road heading as that came from an old friend Paul Stine from Johnstown P.A. who, when I attended auto mechanics school at Vale Technical Institute in Blairsville P.A. from 1974-76. He always used that as a closing in correspondence. I know there is more to this build and I will be looking forward to the final values. And to you George, thanks for the filming of these videos and the cool back-lighting on the shorts video. You are awesome with your talents. Enough said. Happy New Year to Nicholas and crew and I thank you all. Michael Kocan.Thunder Road!!!
Happy New Year, Michael, and thanks for the kind words!
Nick is such a humble individual, no finger pointing or calling out. Takes a big person to carry on an make this stove roar! There is always one that makes you second guess it but Nick and his brother are such meticulous they would not push out a sub par heater! Thumbs up to the garage crew. Happy new year! Fantastic video.
@@petercasper224 Well said. You are correct. Even with all the customs challanges with this build being in Canada I would have it no other way. Nicholas is a genuine good guy and his work is tops. If any of you ever have the opportunity to meet him in person you will find him to be authentic in every sense of the word. There is no fake acting here.Michael Kocan
22:15 I didn't see any fuel spray in primaries of rear carb!
The world is a much more interesting place with people like Nick!
Anyone who hasn't broken something, hasn't built anything. Great video - great to show what goes wrong as well as what goes right. It's a learning experience.
Can't let a glitch drag you down.
You are a lot calmer than I would be about the piston situation, NIck! Machine-shops hide behind the same B.S. policy about it being the builders responsibility to check their work! Your only responsibility was to check for piston clearance, ring-end gap and obvious physical damage; it is simply unreasonable to expect you to have caught something like that. Having said that, I know that J.E. pistons have been used in high-performance Harleys for many years and as far as I know, have a good reputation so I agree with you that this experience shouldn't turn people off using their pistons. Keep up the great work🙂
I'm sure J.E. watched your video......They should have offered you something for all your troubles along with an apology!
All you received was a pittance message wth a replacement piston?
Man I am so glad that my algorithm finally threw me in Nick's Garage direction. What a nice and humble guy and he's easy to listen to. Heartwarming and peaceful if you will...
in an otherwise chaotic world!!! 😂😂😂👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 (for real though)
Thank you very much and thanks for watching.All the best for 2025
Thanks for the kind words. Glad you found us!
It’s very kind of you to take the time to answer all the very basic questions people have. Bravo.
I try my best.Thanks for watching.
SIX THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED RPM's.. That's how you test HEMI Pistons... I love it ! Rockin' the park!!
No point in having a Hemi, unless you’re going to spin it high. 😊
Stock Street Hemi was designed for 6800 rpm. We trapped Barton Super Stock Hemi in the 9800-10200 range.
6500 rpm seems pretty tame.
@@gk5891 I did not know that, I've never own or driven a hemi but I have had many 440 sixpack's. Big Blocks RULE !
I enjoy watching the Hemi Brothers working together, trying to squeeze as much hp and torque as they can, out of an engine. They have many years of combined knowledge with Hemis, and MoPars in general. I think its cool. Thanks guys! Happy New Year
Mo Parts.
You’re a good, honest, man Nick? Some of these questions don’t make sense to me because you obviously know your Mopar’s! If I had the money to own a Mopar muscle, you are the one I’d have rebuild my engine!!! Love the content!!
Thank you and thanks for watching
If you're running pump gas, don't forget the blend is changed for winter,
having lighter 'fractions' to help cold starting but also resulting in less Btu / power than what the 'summer' blend can produce.
Hi Nick.. I don't have any stupid questions to ask, I'm not a "pretend builder" , You and I have the same skill set, same work ethic, we are from the same era, when they taught us how to repair and rebuild, we know sh*t can happen to anybody, I'm not mad at you, no worries, Mopar rocks, Nick's Garage rocks even better, Let the good times roll... Love the show !
Glad to see that JE pistons stood by their product and took care of you on this issue. That engine may still need some fine tuning to get a number closer to 550 HP at the crank, but, Nick, you will find the solution and the extra power!
Thanks for a great video series on this hemi!
Love Phillip and Nick dynoeing a Hemi!
Phillip is the god of tuning, his ears are better than any electronic device. I wish I knew his history
LIsten with your ears_
You got 100hp hidden in that engine you ahve to find where they are, cause they dont appear.
It’s interesting watching the unique dynamic of two siblings working side by side. You hear people say a close friend is like a brother, but brothers are something special.
Nick is a stand up guy ! Integrity 👍
Wow Nick. Did you read some of the replies? Ignorant replies that are clueless automotive word salad. Pure comedy. You have been working on these engines before many were born. You know more tuning tricks than most any. I hope you are just having a good chuckle from some of these replies. Thanks for a great video. I watch anything HEMI.
Some of those comments are from people that jump two coke bottles stacked up in the parking lot. With a car straight off the show room floor. Lol!
I’m rebuilding my numbers matching 1969 383 from my road runner and Nick’s videos are really helping.
Right on!
Hey Nick and crew. My mother made Pastitsio for our Christmas dinner. She got the recipe from the wife of my boss at the Greek restaurant I worked when I was a teenager. She makes it for the family about once a year. So good. Happy New year to Nick's Garage. Enjoy the Journey - Cheers
Sounds delicious! Happy New Year!
@ 23:50 xxx Cool footage of camara man reflection in dyno room window.. Camara Man Rocks !!
He sure does.
You’re a professional Nick you’ve been doing this for many many years. It seems to me by listening to all the comments people are looking to throw you under the bus I’ve used JE. pistons for years. I have three engines right now that have JE piston one makes 2460 hp at the crankshaft 572 cid big block Chevy but I also have a 68 GTX 505cid with JE pistons and a man’s transmission Hemi 4speed car Dana 60 4.10 gears
Good for you. Do you build your own engines or just request what Internals are to be used? If you do in fact build your own engines, and you were given a bad piston out of a set of 8, what would you do? I don't really need an answer, you know what you would do.
Was there ever a doubt? Back and running to 6500. That’s a big motor, what a sound it must be. Regardless of where the numbers end up, it’s an icon - thanks for bringing us along
numbers say it has a problem
Thanks for watching
This engine looked real good during testing. I'll be interested to see what happens after Nick does some carburetor work.
Thank you Nick and George for this video.
Hope you all had a great New Years Day.
We sure did.Thanks for watching
Hopefully the piston maker comped you back the costs of materials and labor. Happy New Year!
Happy New Year
Nick: You are among the best at your craft. You are also the consumate nice guy. This time, I want to humbly suggest that you were too nice. JE acknowledged that they were responsible for a defect that you discovered at signifcant cost to you. When they offered to replace one piston and requested that YOU inspect the other seven, you should have refused. You have several hundred thousand viewers on your channel. It would be in their best interest to take all 8 pieces back and send you the BEST 8 perfect pistons they know how to make. No excuses. And no busy work for you and your team to find any more of their mistakes. Still love your videos!
Thanks for those kind words and thanks for watching
Thanks for the update Uncle Nick. Somoene at JE took some heat for that one. Serial numbers, ect, to yrack them back. Probably got distracted, intercom callout, cell phone ring, parts supplier sigining, called to the office, something.
JE Pistons have made WW1 era rotary radial aircraft engine pistons. The WW1 rotary radials that use the crankshaft flange as the engine mount to the fuselage. The propeller is mounted to the engine block, and the whole engine block spins. Yep, those pistons.
i'd like to see a followup pls. As u chase more hp.
edit: I really like being a "part" of the problem solving . . as u work through it. cheers
It amazes me to watch one of those engines rev like that, if I tried that with my BB Olds, there would be pieces spread all the way to Montreal! LOL 😂 👍 Happy New Years to you and your family and crew!
The last piston machined on Friday afternoon. Great Video Nick!
Thank you and all the best for 2025.
Thank you Nick and George, it was good to see Philip too. Hope that you all have a good year ahead.
Wishing Nick, his family, George, and the entire crew the very best for 2025. One of the best automotive channels out there. Cheers from the Gatineau Hills!
Thanks! Happy New Year.
I think checking spring pressure on all valves is a must. Shimming a good idea. I think I would also check cyl pressure on few more cyls to see if you are close to 195-200 psi. Finally, go through those carb jets and metering rods to insure air/fuel ratio is good. You'll straighten it out Nick, you always do.😊
Good ideas, thanks for the feedback!
@@NicksGarage I noticed that it stumbles momentarally, and acted like the valves floated around 6400+ , I agree with mikestackhouse.
I love the old mopars, I have a 1970 Roadrunner that was originally a 383 car, it is in rough shape however I plan to rebuild it. Sure would be nice to find a 426 to put into it. Keep making the great videos, I love to see the old mopars come to life and make great horsepower.
Great video Nick and George I'm a plumber and are going through the same headaches with quality control sometimes I'm banging my head against the wall
Nick, You and your pals rock ! You guys make a great team, I love this stuff... LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL !!
Thank you
Καλή χρονιά και χρόνια πολλά Νίκο!
Kali xronia.
Evenin Mr George an Mr Nick! Have a great week and a Happy New Year!!
I'm happy with the power it makes, and I trust all the rest of the parts enough to shoehorn it into my Dodge Caliber. Lolol.
It's not a matter of getting reimbursed for your time and work, that's the price of being an engine builder, along with the commitment and dedication to completion. Most of the time, it works the first time. So, there you have it.
Happy New Year to Nick and all of the crew. May it be the Best yet!
Happy New Year.
Great vid Nick! Nice to see your brother and you messing around on this Hemi!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.
Dana "60" Glass. Sounds like valve float just over 6,000, otherwise sounds amazing. No more piston problems. Great your supplier replaced the bad piston. Unfortunately these things happen. Happy New Year to all the motorheads!
Happy new year!
sounds valve float.. ?? your hearing it?
Oooooh Yea The “Hemi Crew” is Back I’m Confident It’s Fixed Now That The Hemi Guru Nick Built it Again 😊😀😊
This is not Nick's first rodeo trust his skills and experience.
Great question and answer at the end
Things happen, we are only human. JE pistons make good products. It's all part of the auto experience lol Be thankful that you caught it in time before it was shipped out and catastrophic failure occured. 840+ grams weight for a hemi piston? I didn't realize that they are that heavy, what is a factory piston? I would assume much heavier. I enjoy your content, always something interesting.
That first 6500 pull looked like it was floating valves around 62-6300. If you look at the overhead shot she was puking through the carbs
Yes it was valve floating.
Awesome show that's a good runner good job Nick and crew keep them coming and see you Friday
Happy New Year to you and all of your Guys Nick! The first thing that I would do is change the distributor or have someone run it on a machine to check it out, then I would lean out those carbs. Once that's done and you are making some power, then you can address the suspected valve float. Changing too many things at once causes headaches. I really saw the reaction to the numbers on that dyno run when everything fell of the cliff! Good luck and will be watching for the next vid! Thank you!
Happy New Year and Thanks for watching
It's always nice to see a Hemi on the Dyno, on the last Monday of 2024. I agree with Nick, the Hemi should have made better numbers, especially with aluminum heads & bigger valves. I always enjoy seeing Nick and Phil working together for more HP. I hope that you have a Happy, safe and prosperous New Year!! All the best to you in 2025.
Thanks! We agree about the numbers, should be even better. Happy New Year, Eugene.
Sounds like a decent engine, thanks for sharing, all the best to yous and your loved ones, wishing yous a Healthy and Prosperous New Year
Happy New Year.
The front carb looks clean, but the rear carb looks slightly crusty from the top. The horsepower curve dropped off like a rock. I expect you are right about the valve springs. Thanks for another enjoyable video!
Nick has checked everything out, and it's time to check out the carburetors.
Company should have thrown in a few sets of pistons for all your head aches as a sign of good customer service as soon as they confirmed it was their mistake . I know I would , even if it wasn’t on the internet. Word of mouth gets around quick.
Happy New Year to Nick, George and ALL the crew at Nick's Garage!
Happy new year!
Great session, love to see Hemi's scream, Great to see Phil and his great input, Dynamic Duo on another level other than Manny and Robert. As far as power goes I'm a big fan of Solid lifters either Flat or street roller , no doubt in my mind if Phil specs out a Solid cam you will surpass your target
the title should be - TEST NICK S PATIENCE:
Its going to be a great engine once the tuning sets in. I would use a single plane and dominator maybe some more cam and slightly more compression. However it is 195 so doubt it needs more,maybe the cam is just wrong, or carbs just need tuned. 550 hp could show up. Maybe the intake vave is a little shrouded. Je pistons fixed the issue and that is good for nicks garage.
I would want any motor I built to make power to 6500rpm . It's not going in a truck . 25 degrees is insane put race gas in it or something and figure why it pings at 35
Great stuff and turn that RPM !!!! LOVE SEEING THE BIG HEMI !!!!!! 😊😊❤❤❤
Your a class act,Nick.
Thank you for putting up the numbers of the horsepower and torque. Thank you!
You bet!
😊 I'm sure Nick will squeeze more power from that Hemi. Like he said, he's not finished with it yet.😊
I think Nick made the right call, as unless there is signs of serious damage to the block, cylinder, crank then there is no reason to do a complete rebuild. As that is how god only knows how many mechanics have done god knows how many engines that had a piston failure like that. The worst I have ever seen, is the top of the piston pop off.
Most questions were great, just what I would expect from younger viewers. This vid turned out great! Interaction brings more interest. 👍👍
Great video like always George an happy new year to everyone at Nick's garage
Happy new year!
First time watching you Nick. Had to sub, great content. Happy New Year !
Happy New Year, thanks for watching and welcome!
Very happy new year nick to you and your staff keep up the great work Stay safe
Happy New Year
If you're looking to get the plug wire boots to seat on the tubes I believe Accel makes a shortie spark plug for that application. 0416S or 0414S should put those plug wires down on the valve cover if you have typical plugs in that engine.
Happy New Year Dr. Nick, Happy New Year George.
Happy New Year to you.
It's always a good thing for manufacturing to admit that parts are faulty and replace them with good parts, to maintain greater quality, and identify where there are mistakes in there are problems in their production of the parts
Sadly Nick's business is out a bunch of hours labor plus parts. Show's the QC isn't what it should have been (they should have caught the error) and in fairness JE should at the least be supplying a free set of pistons at Nick's request for his next build to help to cover his expensed for their mistake.
Hello Nick . From Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 Happy New Year
Happy new year!
Happy New Year Mr Nick & Crew & to all the viewers of the channel. Cheers 🎊 🥂 😊
Happy New Year and Thanks for watching
Sounds great so far guys have a great week and new years ok later
Happy New Years
Thanks Nick ❤ & George !!
Thank you!
This defective piston is one in a million... It taught us all a lesson, thanks for sharing The Good, The Bad & the Ugly...
Thanks for watching.
Nick me and Kate just watched bad piston hemi back on the dyno,before we heard confir.ation we looked at each other and said that's Nick's brother.Bon Anniversaire mes amis
A late Merry Christmas but a Happy New Year to you and your family from the UK
Happy New Year all the best
I love watching this this man is a master one of the best.. keep it up.
Happy New Year Nick 👍 Absolutely amazing content in 2024👍👍👍👍
Happy new year.
Nick knows what way to put a piston in
Excellent video, and great attitude concerning the build. To answer the end question - if that was my motor, I'd beat the living hell out of it the way it was meant to be, and probably end up without a license :)
Happy to see the Manufacturer acknowledge their mistake and replace it BUT still sucks that the ‘independent’ shop owner had to eat the additional cost caused by the “mishap”…
All the best in 2025!!!
-That late torque curve = Great cylinder heads !!
Nice video, happy new year Nick ❤regards from Greece 🇬🇷 god bless you, John'
Happy new year! 🇬🇷
Wow Nick its the putting it right that counts pity more didn't live by that rule thus Nick I'm sure next time we see this Hemi on the dyno it will be running sweeter than ever and making the numbers you mentioned. All the best for the New Year Nick, Your Family and the A Team not to mention Melissa & George.
Happy New Year from all of us
Hey Nick, you should turn the engine over without touching the throttle until the cylinders begin showing signs of firing so as to not flood the engine which would ruin the air fuel mix in the intake stream and combustion chamber.
Hello Nick , Happy New Year! On the case with the low performance #'s on the 426 Hemi , l Would check these 6 things :
1) Check for Valve lift, to see if the intakes and Exhaust valves all the match the seme lift....If the lifters are hydraulic, they would also be confirmed along with the camshaft and Valve trane... Spin the pushrods to make sure all of them are STR8...
2) Check for slop of the cam timing components...An easy check on engines with camshaft driven ignition timing components like this.... Checked with the timing light to see if the ignition timing is 'hunting' - inconsistent...
3) Check for effective distributor mechanical advance , and Vacuum advance best done with a timing light as engine goes through the RPM range...Also check for effectiveness of ignition coil ... Swap the ignition coil for a known good coil... Also check the gap on the reluctor & pickup on the distributor. Swap the electronic ignition amplifier box for a known good one...
4) Check to see if the harmonic ballancer timing ring marks are accurate. Best done when putting Piston #1 at TDC on the compression stroke, using a dial indicator or a 150cc of oil in the cylinder and then putting a clear plastic tube through a hollowed 14mm spark plug shell to check the greatest height of oil in that tube...That will accurately locate where TDC is, then look to see if the marks on the harmonic ballancer ring has shifted on that rubber mounted hub...
5) Check for excessive crankcase blow by...This would indicate a compression sealing issue in the bottom end of this engine....
6) Check for combustion gas getting into the cooling system... This indicates some engine coolant passages being exposed to combustion gass's Typically caused by head gasket leaks or crack(s) in the head(s)...Particularily this engine with the aftermarket Aluminum heads... Today is: 01/01/25
Thanks for the tips, Happy New Year to you too!
How did you post this a year ago?
@@kirkthejerkthe1st Who are You replying to? When did you post your last reply? Today is :01/02/25
@@michaelmartinez1345 You edited it out.
Happy New year to you and your family, looking forward to many more builds 🤟
Happy New Year
It may need some bigger valve springs and it also could very easily be an existing weak valve spring..
When ever there is a mopar especially a hemi Phil knows it and hes in action when ever there's a Ford we get Manny its just the way it is..
Happy New Year to Nick and Crew!
Happy New Year.
I'm a machinist/toolmaker and I also have 10+ years of automotive machining exp. That ef'd up piston could have been, machined a few different ways to get the final product, by your inspection of all in the set of 8 , Nick, I could see what you were talking about and my best observation and opinion is that the valve reliefs are done by a CNC mill and the pistons are most likely held by a specially engineered and machined fixture that will allow the piston to be held correctly or turned 180 degrees causing the failure of that area because ram or forming tool for the internal area of piston used during forging doesn't leave enough material under the exhaust valve relief area if it's machined 180 out, the holding fixture should have been designed and machined so the piston can only be held correctly when inserted into the fixture. Now I'd bet that you tap on the valve relief areas with a very small ball peen of all pistons to "hear" the thickness of that area. LOL Warranty on personally installed performance parts especially pistons? Funny, because you're creating 8 combustion chambers that each have more force than a hand grenade when going off, again, funny.
I agree 100%. My first thought was the fixture should have been designed so the piston couldn’t be installed in the fixture incorrectly. That’s a fundamental for jig and fixture design.
George, thanks for explaining that warranty, now I understand, lol, cheers,
lol Thanks.
Good stuff ....good job Nick and everyone....thanks....🔧🔧👍
With how parts are these days you have to inspect them really good before using them even my friend he talks about getting high end rods and there is always a rod or two on the big end that is not honed properly and he has to hone it and that is why you have to inspect and measure everything before using them that way you will not mess something else because of something someone else did. it seems like some people are not measuring properly or not measuring at all.
Always good
Have a great new year Dr Nick
Thank you.Happy New Year.
So are you happy with the horsepower? Great video. Thanks for sharing!
No we are not happy yet still working on it. Thanks for watching
I used to work for a large machinery manufacturer, I don’t even blame the employee that loaded that piston into the machine backwards. I’d look to the mechanical engineers that should have made that particular jig or fixture impossible to load backwards. We had teams of people that made things like that foolproof so even untrained goofballs could perform the tasks, because that’s what a lot of the workforce is these days.
Great point on the jig orientation. 👍
Mainly because that's what management has been pushing for. They don't want "specialists" that can deal with problems and don't make mistakes. They want to try and simplify every process and procedure so that you really don't mean anything because they believe, "anyone can do his job."
@minnesotatomcat
If you do something enough times you will make an error. It's inevitable. Anything that reduces the odds is a good thing.
The last Powerglide I got done didn't work when we got it in the car. Simple assembly error. He has done literally thousands of these in the last 50 years. I didn't get mad, it happens. I've been buying racing trans from him since the 80s and it's the first one that had an issue on install.
How many of these pistons do you think they manufacture per year?
@ I don’t know, how many? If it’s 100 or 100,000 there should still be failsafes in place to prevent errors like that.
Been waiting on this update. Thanks!
Hope you enjoy it!
You are right to not give the piston manufacturer a hard time after years of good work! I suspect that the muscle car industry is down to a very small number of quality producers!
Happy New Year Nick !
Happy New Year.
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With a piston that's defective Ain't no Hemi that's effective It's all simple on a retrospective It's handy Nick's Garage is corrective Happy New year Nick and George!
Happy New Year Roberto!