Rebuilding my 360

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res1vw21

res1vw21

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So as some of you know my 360 committed suicide.... (ok I was sent the wrong bearings and just assumed they were right, big mistake) Anyway I am starting to think about how I am going to rebuild my 360. This is the 360 that is currently for my swinger but when I go 440 in the swinger I am planning on swapping it in the aspen as a motor to fill the hole and make the aspen drivable.

So I am learning my lesson, investigating in some plasta gauge and doing this baby up right.

Here is what I am thinking:

1971 360 std bore
stock flat top pistons and rods
hv oil pump
ring gaps checked and minimized
entire rotating assembly balanced
block and heads decked to achieve 9.5:1-10:1 comp
284 284 480 480 comp cam degreed
'71 J heads that have been rebuilt to '70 spec with 2.02 and 1.88s maybe a little bowl work done
eddy airgap
650 4150 dp or should I step up to a 750?
msd pro billet dist with my 6al box and 8.8 wires
reverse flow water pump and housing ect so I can do a magnum serpentine set up with a nipodenso alt

All things in green are parts I already have

So what do you guys think? Does this sound like a sound street-able combo? Any other recommendations?

I am trying to keep the cost down so I don't really want to be buying things other then the necessary machine work and gaskets ect... But I an certainly open to ideas.

Thanks
-Ross-
 
Don't forget, depending on how much you mill off the deck or heads you'll have to change pushrods.
 
I would recommend using a vacuum secondary Holley in stead of a double pumper. I have had better luck getting vacuum secondary to run off the line. Double pumpers are difficult to get out the off-the -line -stumble. Especially with auto trans (even with high gear).

Also, you can run an electric choke on a square bore vacuum secondary that you can't run on a double pumper. A properly set up electric choke makes it more streetable, especially cold starts.
 
its a stick car and around here it doesn't really get cold enough to have to worry about a choke. I am also lucky to have a friend who is amazing at tuning carbs and the 650 seems to have great runnability
 
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