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I had that happen on a rebuild one time, the new lifters were not soaked in oil before install and the engine was fired up without priming sytem. The engine clacked allot on start up before settling down, oil light on, did this several times on start up and then eventually stopped doing it...

For the short block assembly there is not much to it: Get some plastigauge, a ring compresser, a ring expander (or just carefully walk thej rings around the piston, I never broke a ring doing it), assembly lube (STP works on the bearings). Look up the torque values for the main and rod bolts...

There used to be Trak-Lok diffs from jeeps all over evil bay for cheap. I scored a near zero mileage take-off from an offroad shop for $180.00 about 5 yrs ago. I still run it in my 3:55 geared 8-1/4 and it works great.

If a 360 were used as the foundation with the same recipe of parts that would have been an 8 second dragster.

Smaller cylinder bore makes less power, valve shrouding does not help with smaller bore either. 318 Cylinder heads have smaller valves and intake runners which is not conducive to making big power. All the above with shorter stroke than a 360 and you have an engine that occupies the same...

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Interesting read but when I built my 360 ten years ago everybody would always say why not a 318? I would always answer: Because the salvage yard charges $150.00 for either one and it costs the same amount of money to rebuild either one, why wouldn't I want to do that? Ten years later you...

When I built my 360 over ten yrs ago I remember telling the transmission guy, in fact I wrote it down for him to make sure the converter was balanced for a 360 and the nit wit gave me a neurtral balanced one. You will know right off if that's what it is, car will shake like hell, I thought the...