Best heads for Magnum 360
street cruiser, stock magnum cam, AVS carb, 3:55 gears, 26" tire. My budget is right around $1000. Maybe cheaper to have mine redone locally, I don't know.
This is exactly what I did with my ‘00 - 5.9.
600 Edelbrock carb - moving to a 750
RPM intake
Hooker headers @ 1-3/4 (B body car, E/B body header.)
2-1/2 dual exhaust
Chrome box ignition into a regular distributor
All backed by a 2500 stall, 727, 9-1/4 rear w/ 3.55’s riding on a 245/60/15 (27 inch?)
The only thing missing is a camshaft upgrade which is coming. I purchased a Howard’s HFT @220 @.050 with .506 lift which is .539.7 lift with the 1.6 rockers ground on a 108. The rockers will slightly narrow the cams 108. (Better to suite to the stock short block.) A Hughes engines trick spring/retainer package will be used with this cam. In the future, I *MAY* get a set of Edelbrock RPM heads.
As said above, the OEM cylinder head is just fine rod street duties and performance. I would NOT worry about the cracked head. Everyone makes a big deal out of a crack that doesn’t hamper anything.
After the stock head for general purposes, the aftermarket has an iron replacement. IDK how they are. Then there is the Edelbrock aluminum head. *I Think* someone else has something out there. If you can find an actual MP Magnum R/T head, as cast they’re fine but ported they can start flowing some really good air.
I’d love to find a virgin set.
(And have money to spend on them! LMAO!)
Sit back and do some on line shopping to see prices and don’t forget those little things like gaskets and glue and bolts and ….
