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I'm having a problem with the 1-piece Magnum oil pan gasket sealing to the timing cover. I could fill the void with silicone sealer, I try to use as little as needed. We run a Magnum truck pan "rear sump" on a stock eliminator car. It doesn't seem to have enough crush to seal, the back seals...

I have a 360 Stock Eliminator engine. It has now spun #6 rod bearing twice. Once in a stock 360 block & now again in a MP race block. Two different blocks & two different cranks. Replaced both rods on that journal the first time. Clearances are .002-.003 Suggestions?

looks like Dart is going to be making new blocks for the small block MoPar engine. That's great news!

Bought a MoPar 360 2 bolt main race R block. The lifter valley doesn't have the usual return drain holes. Any one modify these for drain back?

Can someone tell me what the intake runner CC is on a non ported head W2?

360 block with Milodon main studs, two bolt mains. What is the torque spec for these?

I have a block that has had a tube installed in the right side oil galley to allow using a roller lifters. Can you use a flat tappet solid lifter with this modification?

Anyone using these heads?

Anyone know if the Roller lifter from a 1988 318 has the same dimension of a 5.2 Magnum roller lifter? I understand the magnum lifter has an oiling hole in it to oil thru the pushrods & the early roller doesn't. Is that the only difference?

Anybody got info on installing the poly heads from the 50's & 60's on the modern small blocks. Any performace results? I hear that there are some good numbers on this conversion. There is even an aftermarket intake for it. Whats the word on the street?

Any length difference between a 5.9 Magnum rod vs an LA 360 rod? A friend of mine is building an engine. It started life as a 5.9 Magnum, that he had bored .020 & installed KB107 pistons in it. He was going to have it zero decked, but was suprised to see the pistons were .005 to .007 above...

Has anybody tried to seal the bypass & heater holes on a 1970 & up water pump? I'm wanting to block the bypass off, there are rubber caps for the heater hose connection available. How about an expansion plug to fit the hole? Any thoughts?

Can the earlier LA heads ( X,O,J ) be used on a late model Magnum block? I know you can use the Magnum's on the early blocks, as long as the oiling concern is taken care of. Please Advise.

I Just Built A .030 340 With Trw L2322f Pistons. Squared The Block, & Surfaced The Heads. I Used Arp Head Bolts That Were Tighten To Their Specs In Three Steps. The Engine Has 20 Passes On It. Blew A Head Gasket To The Outside On The Lower Portion. The Combustion Sealing Ring Was Still Intact...

I just dropped my engine & transmission into a borrowed race car. My son & buddy were trying to get it up on TDC compression stroke, so they could drop in the distributor. They keep having problems getting the balancer to line up. I told them, come on guys, you have done this a hundred times. I...

I had a freind tell me that nobody were using windage trays in small blocks anymore. He stated that it is not needed with a deep oil pan. He also stated that it hampered oil return to the pan. Any opinions on this? What is the affect on stock stroke cranks & custom strokers? What is the affect...

Does anybody know if you can get a thick set of intake gaskets for a 340-360 stock heads?

Has anybody had a problem with the pushrods rubbing the holes in Edelbrock heads ar max lift? I just ran into this while assem my engine. I used a Hughes solid lifter cam. I called Hughes, they said this wasn't uncommon for this to occur. They were rubbing towards the intake side. I had to pull...

I have been wrenching on Mopars for 25+ years. I just learned something this week. I always knew to install the rocker shafts with oil holes down. What I didn't know was the oil holes are 15 degrees from the centerline of the retaining bolts. They are required to angle towards the valve spring...