Recent content by michiganpat

this thread really went off the rails, it's kind of a shame.... anyway, my personal preference for a 90% street driver, I don't like high RPM's on the highway, I've been soothed too much since I started driving in '91 from my duster with it's 3.23's and factory A833OD, 5th ave's with 2.24...

More Information for SEALED POWER H814CP they're still .060 in the hole based on compression height

with that rear ratio and stall speed, I think an XE268 would be a little big. personally, I'd probably stick with something that has a duration more like and XE256 or XE262. I ran a hydraulic roller in my '85 block with magnum heads that had .320" lobe lift (.512 calculated valve lift with 1.6...

I thought so, but don't quote me on it.....this pic looks like both the mains and rods are narrower on the cast....Is this a cast or forged crank? looking on rockauto, conrod bearings for a cast crank look to be .72" wide, for a forged crank .988" wide

'75(?) up use the 5/8" "peanut" plugs without drool tubes, I'd use that head to reduce potential oil leak points. to use the 198 rods, you'll probably need a forged crank bottom end. also to use those rods, you need pistons with a compression height in the 1.6" range. 2.2L chrysler pistons...

honestly, if you want a 318, try find a running 318 magnum. clean up the heads with a little bowl porting & 5 angle vj, trim the guides a skoash, get hughes #1110 springs, thin head gasket, rering, get the roller cam reground by bullet cams using their HR259/316 or HR259/326 lobes on the...

same with me, got one of the ABS dash caps in the mid 90's, still looks good and warp free after almost 30 years

could be, although I would have expected the taller rear springs to lower the front slightly by shifting the CG of the car forward ever so slightly....

well, the original poster did mention getting 302 heads for it in the original post. if he is thinking upgrading heads, the best bang for the buck will be a set of OEM magnums, because you also get the added bonus of 7% more lift on the same cam due to the different rocker ratio. looks like...

back about 15 years ago, I picked up a magnum 318 with a spun main bearing for like $200. I took the original 318 that was in my '85 5th ave that had about 65k miles on it, reringed/bearinged it, had a 5angle VJ done on the magnum engine's heads, home bowl port and gasket matched them, used the...

the "cracked" ones are fine to run, they never leak water where they crack between the seats, might be able to get some for really cheap, and they flow better than a 360 head, but with a small chamber for compression. 1.6 ratio rockers also give you more lift/flow out of the cam. IIRC 20 years...

magnum heads, comp XE256 cam

get the stock roller reground by bullet cams Bullet Cams Master List use the HR258/320 on the intake and the HR261/316 or HR265/320 on the exhaust with mag heads, hughes 1110 springs, 600cfm carb and headers, and it will pull really nice, as hard as a stock 360 with the same induction/exhaust...

given when I got a quote from them, shipping was >25% the actual price of the springs, if they can deliver them there for less/free, I'd definitely go for it.

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