What to do with my 360 magnum??
Had a few seconds, so I thought with all the progress I have been posting on my 68 Dart build thread, I would update this one since it is going to be the powerplant for the Dart.
First a big thanks to everyone that posted on here, and to UOP for giving me a little direction, especially when it came time to make the jig to redrill the heads. I got both of them redrilled and tapped, they are good to go in that department.
I tore it down to the shortblock, and it seems to be in pretty good shape. No abnormal wear or peices, I didn't check any of the mains yet, but I did check 3 random rods and they look great. I replaced the cam bearings, they weren't worn but the next to last one looked like it had acid dripped on it, or metal termites made paths on it. It wasn't wear, and the cam, etc still looked great. I chased all the threads, degreased, scrubbed, etc. Shore lukes purdy naw.
Here is the parts list:
-360 car pan and timing cover from a 72 360, I am going to make a baffle for the pan
-MP cam (thanks whitepunkonitro!) 218/
[email protected], .487/.496 lift (cant remember the rest at the moment), hydraulic roller, appears to be billet with a cast gear.
-SA Gear timing set
-I disassembled the oil pump, deburred, opened up the holes, polished everything, and added a hp mp spring. Picked up a new melling sump, and I had a barely used melling shaft with the pinned gear laying here.
-scrubbed and soaked the pushrods, rockers, anything that was getting reused. Checked it all for abnormal wear, etc.
-I did end up porting the heads. Looked at the magnum head posts on here, any info I could find. I will post some pics, feel free to criticize good or bad!
-I bought some springs from Doug Herbert, Comp 1.43 LS 8mm retainers, and Hughes 8mm locks. I can't go much higher with my lift without losing some of my safety zone before coil bind, the retainers ended up being shorter than I thought. I have a few more ideas tho. Valvetrain=$115!!
-Edelbrock LD340, and a choice between a 750 dp and a Carter 750.
-brand new Hedman headers, a $50 cl find.
-Distributer I have from my Dart with lighter springs, and a new Hi-Rev ecu.
How does the combo sound to you guys?
FWIW, rebuilt 904 with a stock stall, and a 3.73 rear with g60-15 tires.