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again i´m into throwing a 273 together (as my wife complained that the fish was to rude and not really driveable in normal traffic with the beefed up Magnum motor) so decision were made the Magnum has to go and i will stick it into my Dodge D100 Truck next year. so here are my plans i wanted...

hi there, it´s been a long time that i posted something here... as the magnum engine in my 1965 Barracuda suffers from a spun rodbearing and my wife allways complained that she was affraid to drive the light car with that engine. Also it was a bit tricky with short gears and aggressive...

Hi, maybe i´m starting a totally worthless discussion... but when searching the web and looking into engine bays of modern cars, i recon. that the hose diameter for PCV and/or Breather hoses or the plumbing for oil catch cans are vary from product to product... this makes me thinink about...

Hello Folks, i just trying to solve the following problem. everytime i rev the engine past 3000 rpm i would notice some oil on the rear arch of the oil pan. under normal driving conditions there will be zero oil. it only happens when accelerated hard and fast past 3000 or more...

hi, just wanna ask if anybody here has made this modification. as i´m very limited with space due to the self made headers i´m using - can only run a relocated oil filter, and have used a 90 degree adapter with that kind of screw on relocation adapter thing, (like it is sold in these sets...

just wanna know your thinking about the use of a windage tray in a nearly stock like engine does it make sense or is it just wasting the money ....

hi, just thinking about changing the camshaft on my 65 B´cuda, but wont pull the engine. any obstacle to look for, beside of removing the grill, radiator, fan, waterpump, damper, fuel pump, timing cover, distributor with shaft.... (will change the intake also, so no problem to change...

more benefit or more loss ?? thinking about changing from 1971 OEM spread-bore 4bbl cast intake to crosswind air-gap intake guess i will loose some power at the low end ... but maybe gain some at higher rpm - 273 .040 over - CR 8.8:1 - Cam specs: lob 112...

hi folks, again asking the biggest source of mopar knowledge in the western world i maybe have the opportunity to get a 5.2 magnum engine (out of an 2001 dodge van) for an reasonable price... question will be, where are the benefits on this engine, will it be worth to give it a try (change to...

hi there Fabo Bros and Sis... just wanna here your opinions about this combo for my 65 bcuda - 273 block from 1965 (we will see if i have to overbore, at the moment it still stored in my friends hotrod shop, it´s the original block the car came with as i bought it) - a pair of 920 casting...

hopefully you guys here on FABO can help me, making a decision on the new oil pump... im struggling between Melling M72HV and Sealed Power SLP224-4166V both cost nearly the same here in Germany... the question will be, what type will be more usefull for my needs im running a high...

just a question.... how could i identify a heavy duty crank (318 from 1969 030 over - what tell´s me someone had touched this engine before my purchase) beside a normal one... the reason why i´m asking - i noticed that i got pressed pins (and if i follow the "how to... book" this should...

cheerio my fabo-mates some weeks ago i started some threads about "what to do with a 318" thanks to all spending their time to share my their suggestions... and also thanks to all who tried to carry me to a 360 (but due to the fact, that i have the 318 teener allready laying in my garage...

a guy here in Germany offered me his engine casting number 4887530-318 22 he said the engine was pulled out of a van (maybe 89/90 model) what do you think ? cld. this be a roller block ? thanks for your input

just to come around to show the FABO gearheads the result of several hours spended to port and polish my 318 heads. due to the reason, that swirl-port, or magnum heads are not so easy and cheap to find in Germany (no way to find them on junkyards...) i decided (together with a good friend...

that´s just a question to get some input, what could/shoud be used on my 318, which should replace the 273 sitting in the fish here are my basics Engine -318 from 1969 (pulled out of a 1969 charger) 0.030 over (engine was rebuild to standard specs. in the states about 1100 miles before, Flat...

...for a budget recondition or build up ?? i just stumble a cross a 1969 318/904 tranny-combo for round about 520 $ (a good price here in Germany i guess) the combo was former mounted in a 1969 charger now i thinking about building this 318 and swapping it in the 65 B´cuda instead of the...

Hi folks, maybe a silly question but.... what rpm would you suggest should a nearly stock low comp 273 make at pedal to the metal with a 3,23 and 904 tranny. (only modification on engine is an offy-intake and a 4bbl road demon jr. carb 525cfm and an FBO-ignition) got mine last weekend on...

Hi there, just come around with a problem driving me mad. i did search the forum about vibrations but didn´t find anything similar like my problem. engine is a stock 318 (beside a 340 intake and an 500cfm carb). some months ago i can reg. some vibrations while slowing down the car and...

Hi there.... may be a silly question, but do i need 2 packages of these seals. http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?part=DCC%2D4120492&view=1&N=700+150+%2D108226+ each one contains 16 parts - but it looks like to use the cylindertyp seal and add anotherone of the umbrella-shaped ones...