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I have a rebuilt la 360 with about 500 miles on it. 262 comp cam holley 600 with electric choke hei ignition 18 degree advance ignition timing with 35 total. Its not really a problem but not sure what happened. Car use to start excellent when cold. Touch the key fire right up, no need to...

I rebuilt a la 360 about 4 years ago with comp 262 cam and lifters. It was a complete rebuild with new pistons , bearings the works. At the time I was planning on running it that summer but this and that happened and it's 4 years later. I used the comp cam and lifters lube when I put it...

I was looking at my rockers and noticed there are two wear marks on some of the rockers. When I pulled the head I noticed the shafts were installed wrong, both notches to front. One of the spacers had quit a bit of wear on the side. I am not to familiar with the stock rockers but I am worried...

I am installing a fel-pro 1807 gasket set in a 71 360. I know the front gasket has a big and little tit on it for orientation but my cheap oil pan has two little hole the same size, never buy a cheap summit pan. Which way is the gasket supposed to install? I assumed the curved edge goes to...

I finally got enough money together to pay for my heads and the rest of the parts to finish putting together my 360 la. I never degreed a camshaft before so i hope this is right. I used the comp 262 and followed the instructions with the cam. I came up with 104.5 icl and the cam card says...

Looking for some advice on starting first engine build. Have looked at quite a few engine build posts. I have my block and crank back from machine shop. I need to get oil pump, pump shaft, timing set and cam and lifters to assemble. Just wondering what I should all check and do before I...

I just received my 71 360 short block from the machine shop. The machinist recommend i try an intermediate shaft in the new bronze bushing before I start assembling. I plan on running a stock oil pump. What shaft do I need? I was thinking this would work...

I started pulling apart a spare 360 I have laying around. I am planning on putting it in my 72 swinger until I get my other motor rebuilt. I was told this engine ran well, 73 360, 110k miles on it. I pulled the the 2 barrel intake off to put on a performer and holley 600. When I removed it...

I just heard back from machine shop and my 70 360 block checked out fine. The bore checked out standard but he recommended boring to clean up and get rid of any taper. I noticed that .030 over pistons are cheaper than .020. Am I better off going .020 over and spending more or going .030 and...

The 72 swinger I just bought with 340 and 727 just hit a major snag. Engine did not run when bought and told it had low oil pressure. Brought it home, did compression test. 100>on 6 cylinders, 3 and 4 =0. Tore it down, hoping for a head gasket or even a cracked head. Found more pres tone in...