5.2 in a 68 Barracuda

Well, moving right along at a snail's pace! I got the heads back together and on the motor. I also got the valve train cleaned and reinstalled. I'm going to have to wait until Saturday to finish torquing the heads. These tighten to 105 lb-ft. It's hard to hold the engine, pull the wrench and read the dial at the same time. My buddy is going to bring his torque wrench over - the kind that clicks! LOL

While I had this thing apart, I decided I "might as well" get some intake mods done. I cut about 1 1/2" off of the runners. I don't know if it will help, but originally the runners go down so closely to the bottom pan, it certainly looks like it will breathe better. I also had to drill and tap a hole for the original water temp sending unit. Of course, everything gets cleaned and painted.

I have a kegger from a 92 Dakota that I compared to the 2001 Ram kegger. Seems Chrysler removed a lot of metal for the later model. The center wall was removed. No EGR. It certainly looked like the 2001 would be the easier one to modify.

Go easy on me. It's not pretty - looks like a bear's *** stitched up with barbwire! But, it is smoother.