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Definitely some Darwin award winners there! Love the trash can idea though!


Yeah, and they stocked up while the prices were high...

Now the pipeline is back up running the price will go down and they stock piled all that gas at the high price.... :realcrazy:

Nice going Elmer Fudd.... :elmer:
 
You said wood.


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Kar what do you think of the 5.7 magnum? 1999 mr. small block guru.


Good engine....

I have my dad's 98 Grand Cherokee Limited 5.9 and it's a rocket...

They only made them for one year, he special ordered his... Only 47,000 miles on it today...

I use it to pull non-running cars around the back yard... With 365 foot pounds of torque and full time 4 wheel drive it pulls cars effortlessly... Amazing how much torque it has even at only 1200 RPM...

The drawback is, it takes premium and guzzles gas...
 
Thanks this one is all new to me.


I found someone selling the cooling fan for one many years ago and bought it as an insurance policy... They are few and far between and having an extra electric cooling fan for it may save my *** if the original one ever fails...

I think the engine compartments on the Grand Cherokees are smaller and tighter than the Dakota and the cooling fan may be unique to that model...
 
The 360 is a good engine for a truck like that... Nice torque to get it moving effortlessly...
Did i mention 4bbl? I have the headers i got for the barracuda,dont plan on using them, so will see how they fit in the fargo. Gas tank may be an issue.
 
I found someone selling the cooling fan for one many years ago and bought it as an insurance policy... They are few and far between and having an extra electric cooling fan for it may save my *** if the original one ever fails...

I think the engine compartments on the Grand Cherokees are smaller and tighter than the Dakota and the cooling fan may be unique to that model...
I agree, the engine bay is small.
I test drove an early 5.7 in a grand cherokee. It goes like a hot rod.
 
Thanks this one is all new to me.


It will be fun to drive when you get it going...

With a stroke of 3.58", they make nice torque....

They have more stroke than an RB big block.... The RB has only 3 3/8" stroke (3.375"), compared to the 360 at 3.58"....

The stroke of an engine is the most influencing factor on the torque, speaking from a pure physics point of view...

That's why 360's are better in heavier cars/trucks than the 318/340... The 318 and 340 have only 3.31" stroke.... The extra stroke of the 360 helps it develop more torque....
 
It will be fun to drive when you get it going...

With a stroke of 3.58", they make nice torque....

They have more stroke than an RB big block.... The RB has only 3 3/8" stroke (3.375"), compared to the 360 at 3.58"....

The stroke of an engine is the most influencing factor on the torque, speaking from a pure physics point of view...

That's why 360's are better in heavier cars/trucks than the 318/340... The 318 and 340 have only 3.31" stroke.... The extra stroke of the 360 helps it develop more torque....
Like and agree. Ed put a 360 stroke crank in his 340 way before 4" stroke cranks were available. It makes power.

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Did i mention 4bbl? I have the headers i got for the barracuda,dont plan on using them, so will see how they fit in the fargo. Gas tank may be an issue.


Hell yeah... Put a 4 bbl on that sucker... A good dual plane intake with a 600 vacuum secondary carb will run nicely....

360's were unappreciated for many years because they were "smog" motors... but if you build them to the same specs as the old 68 - 71 340's they run like raped apes....

Throw a set of 2.02" intakes on them and a nice cam and 4 bbl and they will run with a 340 all day long, if not beat it....


You can pick up an old 360 2 bbl engine real cheap... Now slap in a stock 340 cam (268/272 duration and .429"/.444" lift) or slightly larger, 2.02" intake valves, and a good dual plane intake and 4 bbl on them and you have a very affordable engine that will run great.... All 360's came with 1.88" intake valves...
 
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Has a viscoushious? fan on the pump and a electric one for the ac.


Mechanical fans are more efficient than electric ones...

But with the A/C on you need some extra air flow, that's why they put the electric fan in also...

I worked in climate control for 3 years and participated in some of the testing... They do alot of testing on the "cooling package" (radiator and condensor with fans, shrouds, and seals)...

Part of the testing is to pull 5000 pound trailers through Death Valley with the A/C cranked... Death Valley is so hard on cooling systems they have signs posted there to turn off your A/C so your engine doesn't overheat... Our testing was to put them through worst case, so they pulled max trailer loads with the A/C cranked to be sure that the engines did not overheat and the customer can remain comfortable with the A/C on...

Another test that they do is to park the car/truck with the front end one foot from a wall at the Arizona proving grounds and let it idle for 30 minutes or more... This makes sure that the fan, shroud, and front end seals do their job to make sure the air goes through the radiator and condensor and not around it... It's more severe than idling in traffic at a stop light... You don't get the ram air through the front end like when the car is moving and is the most severe test for idling...

People don't realize how much testing they do to make sure everything works properly...

However if someone modifies the parts from stock, and it overheats, they won't warranty it.... Like if someone puts an aftermarket grille on the car or truck and it overheats, they are on their own... If their aftermarket grill has more air restriction, then it can overheat easier... People don't think of that when they customize their cars... One of the challenges is to have enough opening in the grille to get more airflow through the condensor and radiator...

That's why they reduced the number of openings on the Grand Cherokee around 94 - 95... The old grille had 8 openings and the 'new and improved" grille had 7 openings, but they were a little larger.... That increased the front end airflow by 10% which helped lower the high side pressure through the A/C system....

They also changed the condensor tubes from round to star shaped... The star shaped tube had more surface area, which gave it more ability to transfer heat better...
 
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Hell yeah... Put a 4 bbl on that sucker... A good dual plane intake with a 600 vacuum secondary carb will run nicely....

360's were unappreciated for many years because they were "smog" motors... but if you build them to the same specs as the old 68 - 71 340's they run like raped apes....

Throw a set of 2.02" intakes on them and a nice cam and 4 bbl and they will run with a 340 all day long, if not beat it....


You can pick up an old 360 2 bbl engine real cheap... Now slap in a stock 340 cam (268/272 duration and .429"/.444" lift) or slightly larger, 2.02" intake valves, and a good dual plane intake and 4 bbl on them and you have a very affordable engine that will run great.... All 360's came with 1.88" intake valves...


Oh yeah, don't forget to put a good double roller timing chain in the 360... The stock single row chains were weak.... A stock 340 double roller or better...

I like the Edelbrock true roller double roller....

Edelbrock


I once refreshed an engine that I built that had 125,000 miles on it... I already bought the Edelbrock true roller from Mancini for $50 back then.... When I tore the engine down the chain was still in nice shape with minimal stretch.... I could have kept the old Edelbrock true roller chain in there, but since I got the new one for only $50 I threw it in anyway...
 
Mechanical fans are more efficient than electric ones...

But with the A/C on you need some extra air flow, that's why they put the electric fan in also...

I worked in climate control for 3 years and participated in some of the testing... They do alot of testing on the "cooling package" (radiator and condensor with fans, shrouds, and seals)...

Part of the testing is to pull 5000 pound trailers through Death Valley with the A/C cranked... Death Valley is so hard on cooling systems they have signs posted there to turn off your A/C so your engine doesn't overheat... Our testing was to put them through worst case, so they pulled max trailer loads with the A/C cranked to be sure that the engines did not overheat and the customer can remain comfortable with the A/C on...

Another test that they do is to park the car/truck with the front end one foot from a wall at the Arizona proving grounds and let it idle for 30 minutes or more... This makes sure that the fan, shroud, and front end seals do their job to make sure the air goes through the radiator and condensor and not around it... It's more severe than idling in traffic at a stop light...

People don't realize how much testing they do to make sure everything works properly...

However if someone modifies the parts from stock, and it overheats, they won't warranty it.... Like if someone puts an aftermarket grille on the car or truck and it overheats, they are on their own... One of the challenges is to have enough opening in the grille to get more airflow through the condensor and radiator...

That's why they reduced the number of openings on the Grand Cherokee around 94 - 95... The old grille had 8 openings and the 'new and improved" grille had 7 openings, but they were a little larger.... That increased our front end airflow by 10% which helped lower the high side pressure through the A/C system....

They also changed the condensor tubes from round to star shaped... The star shaped tube had more surface area, which gave it more ability to transfer heat better...
Great tech Karl. Love to hear that stuff. How and why answers a lot of curious questions.
 
Oh yeah, don't forget to put a good double roller timing chain in the 360... The stock single row chains were weak.... A stock 340 double roller or better...

I like the Edelbrock true roller double roller....

Edelbrock


I once refreshed an engine that I built that had 125,000 miles on it... I already bought the Edelbrock true roller from Mancini for $50 back then.... When I tore the engine down the chain was still in nice shape with minimal stretch.... I could have kept the old Edelbrock true roller chain in there, but since I got the new one for only $50 I threw it in anyway...
No doubt! Same with the 3.9's.
 
Great tech Karl. Love to hear that stuff. How and why answers a lot of curious questions.


Some of that I wasn't allowed to talk about back in the day... But it's been over 20 years and I think the 'confidentiality agreement" has expired...

Besides, what are they going to do now, fire me??? :rofl:
 
Some of that I wasn't allowed to talk about back in the day... But it's been over 20 years and I think the 'confidentiality agreement" has expired...

Besides, what are they going to do now, fire me??? :rofl:
:rofl: (top secret procedure for testing cooling systems)
 
:rofl: (top secret procedure for testing cooling systems)


There were some tests that they did for Jeeps and trucks that were "confidential" and we were not allowed to talk about in public... The winter cold testing was insane!!!! (but I can't talk about that...)

They worked hard to protect the Jeep name and make sure it was one of the best 4x4's on the market... That was one of the fun parts of working on the Jeeps and trucks vs the car and minivan platforms... We got to do some fun stuff off road that they didn't....
 
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