LA vs Magnum

Another vote here for the newer magnum engine. As someone said earlier there's less chance of worn out lifter bores than the earlier blocks that have a ton of miles on them. I have a nice 360 block/coffee table that has this problem. Seems the lifter bores were worn before the cyl. walls. Cylinder walls cleaned up at .030 over but the lifter bores are very sloppy. I'm sure there is plenty of good older blocks out there but make sure and check every clearance good before you sink allot of money in it. I didn't and it came back to bite me.