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Mopar or no Car!
Im building a 318, std bore stock style pistons, will using floating pin 340/360 rods in the 318 require that I get the engine balanced?
Rods are weighed and balanced on each end and not the rod as a whole. You will also need a balancing fixture.Depends on the weight. I bought a harbor freight scale...searched you tube on how to balance rods at home. 360 non bushed rods i weighed were around 758 grams. I haven't weighed 318s.
I think so too.If you're going to have to get the rods reworked and buy new rod bolts, you can buy brand new Scat rods cheaper than you can get the old ones redone. I bought new Scat rods that were end balanced and fitted with new ARP rod bolts for $331. I'm getting the rotating assembly for my 273 balanced, and feel that it is well worth the money.
The engine has a will have a hughes whiplash cam and will not see constant 5000+ RPM its a daily/street car.
Before I go off topic here, I think I paid either $250 or $350 for some Scat rods about 2 years back, from a member here.
You're in Indio? Waaaaay out in the desert, with loooong stretches of road? You're going too slow. How else do you expect to catch them Roadrunners? We can't let them B bodies have all the fun. Beep!Beep!
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any casting can be bushed. your good. Cast replacement pistons (ie. Badger) are usually within specs in weight as OEM pistons, even if oversized.
skip the 383, get a warm 360 with big valve heads and don't look back...at the 383's.
Even stock J heads will outpump 383 heads. Add a cam and headers and a 360 will be way up from a 383 with actual headers that fit. I think an LA/Magnum is a much better fit than a B in an A.