Swapped to Muscle - 75 Duster Daily build
Welp.... Not good. This is on that free 360 magnum block I picked up...
I was going to get it prepped to build it as my intentions were to just slap in cam bearings, put in a stock(-ish) cam and throw it in the car.... Looks like plans have now changed. To be honest, not even sure how half a rod bearing gets sheared like that...
With that, this "budget" swap that I had in mind kinda goes out the window. Here are my current options that I can think of.
Option 1 - Stock-ish rebuild on the current 318. Master Rebuild kits are really cheap in comparison to the magnum. Literally by half.
Option 2 - Continue with the magnum 360 but send to the machine shop and start the "might as well" and "while I am at it" processes.... Like, if its going to go to the machine shop, might as well bore it out. Might as well upgrade the pistons. While I am at it, might as well balance the assembly.... Might as well upgrade the cam along with upgrading the heads... it just never ends... lol :D
Option 3 - I have access to a good running 5.2 Magnum out of a Durango that has roughly 120K miles on it. Kinda thinking about seeing what it would take to get that.
Maybe I am overthinking and its not a big deal. I will have to call around and see what the going rates are to clean up the crank.
Welp.... Not good. This is on that free 360 magnum block I picked up...
I was going to get it prepped to build it as my intentions were to just slap in cam bearings, put in a stock(-ish) cam and throw it in the car.... Looks like plans have now changed. To be honest, not even sure how half a rod bearing gets sheared like that...
With that, this "budget" swap that I had in mind kinda goes out the window. Here are my current options that I can think of.
Option 1 - Stock-ish rebuild on the current 318. Master Rebuild kits are really cheap in comparison to the magnum. Literally by half.
Option 2 - Continue with the magnum 360 but send to the machine shop and start the "might as well" and "while I am at it" processes.... Like, if its going to go to the machine shop, might as well bore it out. Might as well upgrade the pistons. While I am at it, might as well balance the assembly.... Might as well upgrade the cam along with upgrading the heads... it just never ends... lol :D
Option 3 - I have access to a good running 5.2 Magnum out of a Durango that has roughly 120K miles on it. Kinda thinking about seeing what it would take to get that.
Maybe I am overthinking and its not a big deal. I will have to call around and see what the going rates are to clean up the crank.