LA’ing a Magnum

74Dusted said
Oh yeah, this one is backwards.

The old 5.2 Magnum from my Dakota is getting a full LA treatment, it’s one of the early production 5.2’s that still had the oil ports to provide oil to the heads & rockers.

Tossing out the Roller Cam & Lifters (half of the lobes are gone on the cam and a few of the roller Lifters have chunks torn out of the rollers), To outfit her with a small hydraulic LA Cam & Lifters & a set of shaved 1.88 Valve J Heads. Gonna use it to power my ‘76 Ramcharger after a rebuild.

I can’t imagine there’s anything that would prevent me from running an LA Cam/Lifters/Pushrods and LA Top End on the 5.2 since it’s one of the early production blocks with the oil ports intact. Anyone know if there’s anything that might prevent the backwards swap?

The forward motor mounts are basically the same as the LA, but will need a little spacering?:D just like we would normally have to do if you don't get a specific mount.
One of the mid mount pads had to be cut off because one of the header tubes hit it not letting the header flange sit flat to the head.