options on magnum build
I think you should toss a re-ring kit in it.
http://www.northernautoparts.com/part/ek-er0213d
And when you re-grind your cam, call oregon, bullet and erson cams. Toss a timing set on it too.
I was thinking about it, but then when I pull the heads, take the bottom end apart, hone it, re-ring, buy another gasket set and do a valve job, invariably the heads will be cracked. In the end, I'll have an EFI 5.9 that I can get $5 or $600 for? I'm going to pull the cam, springs, and modified beer keg and take the rest to the metal scrap yard. The rest of the motor will go on a slow boat to China to help them pollute their air even further.
It's amazing what some of that purple degreaser, a little bead blasting and a couple of cans of pant will do. Here's the junkyard dog as I bought it and then in its new clothes...bad ring pack and all.
Besides, this motor had a nice couple of years as a pretty darn good running hotrod motor. It was a shame the #2 ring pack either had a broken ring or something going on with it in there. The up side is I got the EFI, exhaust and chassis reinforcements all do while it was in there and now it's time for some serious power to be dropped right in and the computer reflashed with a plug in SCT Tuner. OBDII rocks!
I already got another block at the maching shop as of this writing.
PS Buy a quality converter! I've got one for sale with , a low mile (2500) shift kited 727, low mile drive shaft and a 3.23 cone type 489 case third member for sale in the ads on this site. I'll give you a heck of a package deal on everything.