My 360 build

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dartfreak75 said:
Oh I just thought of an important one! Plugs and wires !!! What plugs you guys recommend?
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If you are making your own, the MSD/Mallory wires are my favorite.

I would never use Taylor words again. The crimp on the spark plug ends never stay on.

Haven’t used Moroso wires in years but they used to be good. I just got tired of the blue wires.
 
yellow rose said:
If you are making your own, the MSD/Mallory wires are my favorite.

I would never use Taylor words again. The crimp on the spark plug ends never stay on.

Haven’t used Moroso wires in years but they used to be good. I just got tired of the blue wires.
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I hadnt planned on making my own. Iv never done that before sounds fun tho. I usually just buy the prefit ones from auto zone whatevers the cheapest lol. But in this one I want to do it right at least the first time. Haha what plugs ?
 
I start! With a stock plug and work it from there.
I purchase wire on a roll and cut my own. Normally, it turns out good. Once in a while, a wire is to long. EZ fix.
I purchased a MSD wire crimper. Cool tool.
 
rumblefish360 said:
I start! With a stock plug and work it from there.
I purchase wire on a roll and cut my own. Normally, it turns out good. Once in a while, a wire is to long. EZ fix.
I purchased a MSD wire crimper. Cool tool.
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I forgot to mention that. If you are going to make your own wires (I think it’s the best way to do it) you’ll need good crimpers. Crimpers designed for plug wires.

I have the Moroso crimper, but it’s getting plenty long in the tooth, so I may replace them here soon.
 
Thanks I will look into them. Is bigger better? I see 7.5, 8, 8.5 mm wires some go all the way to 10. But this one goes to 11! Hahaha sorry spinal tap pun!
 
dartfreak75 said:
Thanks I will look into them. Is bigger better? I see 7.5, 8, 8.5 mm wires some go all the way to 10. But this one goes to 11! Hahaha sorry spinal tap pun!
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My understanding is the larger the wire size, the lower the resistance is to transfer voltage from the distributor to the plug due to the heavier gauge wiring. I also think the insulation is better to help reduce interference, but that could be wrong.
 
Resistance is in the wire itself, not its size.
Size (diameter) of the wire is the protection around the conductive wire to keep it safe.
The lower the resistance, the easy the time the coil will have discharging the power. This is more of a longevity thing and has so far shown no worth while power increase that I have seen.
 
i used to use copper core leads (real copper wire in the middle) but they played havoc with any tv's/radio's within 50 yards. i haven't seen them for sale for a while now. never had any misfires with them though.
neil.
 
Got a little work done this morning after work and I forgot to update the other day. I got the rings gaped this morning I set the top rings to .032 that's using the .008 gap factor. The 2nd set is good they are like .018 the instructions say .016 so I'm gonna let them be. Hopefully tomorrow morning I can get all the rings installed into the pistons and start jamming them in some holes! I got my ring compressor this morning in the mail too just in time ehh? I got one of the solid tapered sleeve kind. I have never used one of those but I have used those adjustable ratchet kind and they suck haha so I figured I'd try something different. It had good reviews. I also got my oil pump put on. In my summit order I got a oil pump prime tool a oil pressure gauge, dip stick, bypass hose, carb studs, ballist resistor, and some more assembly lube just in case. Oh and my lucus break in oil. I still have to get starter, plug wires, and the fittings for the fuel lines and Pcv or breather for the valve cover whatever I decide to do there. And I dug my pulleys out of storage I have two sets since I'm not using the power steering anymore the one set seems like overkill but the other set looks like chit! They are rusted pretty bad. Can you buy factory style pulleys reasonably priced?

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Did your oil pump come with a gasket, or did you have to use the one from your gasket set? Seems like half the time a pump will have a gasket with it, and half the time it won't! :realcrazy:
 
dartfreak75 said:
Got a little work done this morning after work and I forgot to update the other day. I got the rings gaped this morning I set the top rings to .032 that's using the .008 gap factor. The 2nd set is good they are like .018 the instructions say .016 so I'm gonna let them be. Hopefully tomorrow morning I can get all the rings installed into the pistons and start jamming them in some holes! I got my ring compressor this morning in the mail too just in time ehh? I got one of the solid tapered sleeve kind. I have never used one of those but I have used those adjustable ratchet kind and they suck haha so I figured I'd try something different. It had good reviews. I also got my oil pump put on. In my summit order I got a oil pump prime tool a oil pressure gauge, dip stick, bypass hose, carb studs, ballist resistor, and some more assembly lube just in case. Oh and my lucus break in oil. I still have to get starter, plug wires, and the fittings for the fuel lines and Pcv or breather for the valve cover whatever I decide to do there. And I dug my pulleys out of storage I have two sets since I'm not using the power steering anymore the one set seems like overkill but the other set looks like chit! They are rusted pretty bad. Can you buy factory style pulleys reasonably priced?

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Just sandblast and paint the pulleys.

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I started sandblasting the multi grove ones I think they came off a 318. The other ones I think they came off this same 360 the water pump pulley is pitted pretty bad the rust has bubbled up I'm not sure if it will clean up or not.
 
I never use the oil pump gasket. Bad piece to have a failure. BTDT.
 
Put the pulleys in a bucket of 1/2 gallon of apple cider vinegar and 2-3 gallons of water for a couple of days.

Personally I always use the pump gasket. Never had one blow out.
 
Got some more work done this morning after work. I got 6 pistons in. I started getting really tired and hungry and figured that was a bad combination and I didn't want to rush so I just stopped at six. I will get the other two this evening when I wake up. Man I'm loving this tapered ring compressor. Too bad I will probably never need it again. Lol

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Got the last two in this morning. I got timing chain on now to degree the cam.

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dartfreak75 said:
Got the last two in this morning. I got timing chain on now to degree the cam.

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Just two little FYI’s for you.

One is that is a TON of lube on the cylinder walls and rings. It makes the engine dirty on start up and inhibits ring break in. I put a LITTLE on the skirts, wipe the cylinder walls with paper towels and ATF or Marvels Mystery Oil until the proper towels come out clean, and then wipe them dry.

Then you just install the pistons with what’s on the skirts. You’ll find out that the cylinder walls will get plenty of lube from the skirts, and the ring pack won’t be loaded with lube or oil on start up.

I stopped lubing the hell out of rings like that in the 1980’s.

The other is just slipping the number one piston without rings and degree the cam, then put the rings on and install the rest of the pistons.

With 8 pistons and rings dragging it makes it difficult to degree the cam accurately. Can you do it? Sure. I’m not sure how many times I’ve degreed a cam in the car. I hate it, but I can do it.


Its just easier to degree the cam without all that drag on it.

Love the build. BTW, what assembly lube are you using?
 
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