'68 318 to carbed Magnum 5.2: Check my checklist

'68 318 to carbed Magnum 5.2: Check my checklist

The '68 valve covers went out to American Industrial Motorworks for hot tanking. They'll squeeze them into their jobs and have them ready by the end of the week.

Infecteddog said
We took apart an '88 360 and it also had the rotators and dual pickup dizzy. Don't know exactly what the timing chain looked like- the E58's have more cam to them but I can't say there's a ton more obvious differences between them and their contemporary 360s. The old "HD" 360s (E55 in cars, not sure if offered in trucks/vans) seemed to also have the big cam even if they had the 2bbl. As you mentioned, there were different head cast numbers and they were rated as having lower CR than the "regular" 360s but had more HP and TQ.

When you're referring to the E58s, E55s, and the alternate heads, I take it you're speaking of the pre-'88 carbureted LAs and their variants, correct? Just want to clarify. Far as I know - the roller cam EDIT 360 motors used the 4448308 head almost exclusively - as does my '89 360:

Infecteddog said
The roller cam motors from '89-'92 have a lot of appeal for other enthusiasts however the 318 TBI motors have a much more limited audience since there were many year 318 roller cam carb motors and 318s are less common the focal point of a premium build. I've seen two motors that good- one was a 240k mile 318 the other with less than 10k on the build.

Maybe no interest in the 318 version of the roller cam engine, but I'm still surprised about the general lack of info on the roller 360's. Magnum 5.9s grow on trees everywhere but in South Florida, apparently.

-Kurt