fivefivem
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would the 360 express engine be a good basis to build for a hot street/strip engine?
360 express engine
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Do you mean a 360 from a 78 or 79 Lil Red Express pick-em-up truck?
Yes, that would be a good base to start with...
Yes, that would be a good base to start with...
fivefivem
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yes-the 360 lil red engine is correct. any idea what you would deffinately want or have to change to this engine to make a hot street/strip engine? heads? any ideas? thanks
abodyjoe
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its nothing really special.. any old 360 is just as good.
vntned
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Yeah, in all honesty, it's basically the same as any LA 360 from that era. Just with a hotter cam and a windage tray.
Unless someone is looking for a LRE engine, and then there's a big difference. Probably worth 2-3 times what a regular 360 goes for. Just sayin.
mderoy340
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According to the L’il Red Express Club (no longer on-line), the following additional items were added to the stock 360 in 1978:
Camshaft from the 1968 340 4-bbl.
Red stripe valvesprings with damper from the 1968 340 4-bbl.
Standard valve retainers (replacing rotators)
Large Thermo-Quad from Police 360
Intake manifold from the 1978 Police 360
Windage tray from Police 360
Roller timing chain and sprockets from Police 360
Dual-snorkel air cleaner with fresh air ducts
Chrome valve covers and air cleaner lid
Street-Hemi style mufflers
Camshaft from the 1968 340 4-bbl.
Red stripe valvesprings with damper from the 1968 340 4-bbl.
Standard valve retainers (replacing rotators)
Large Thermo-Quad from Police 360
Intake manifold from the 1978 Police 360
Windage tray from Police 360
Roller timing chain and sprockets from Police 360
Dual-snorkel air cleaner with fresh air ducts
Chrome valve covers and air cleaner lid
Street-Hemi style mufflers
How fast do you want to go and how much $$$ do you have???
A good start would be installing 2.02" intake valves in place of the stock 1.88".
abodyjoe
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but it doesn't sound like its going in a lil red. it atleast isn't going to be all stock in a little red either..
abodyjoe
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the cam is a question.. some places it was a 340 cam and others say it was just a regular production 360 cam..
The Lil Red Express trucks got the later 340 cam. The early cam would have never passed emissions. I knew a guy here in Jones county that collected them. He's been dead several years and his family is still fighting over his stuff. Pitiful.
pishta
I know I'm right....
340 and 360 4bbl cam are the same. I pulled one out of a 86 camper, same specs. 268/276 .429(.430)/.444 but they have a different part number. Maybe the 340 112 centerline is different. My 360 had rotators though.
fivefivem
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the engine will be going in a 69 dart i am building. i do not have a lre engine. trying to figure out what to build for the dart. i have a 73-440 out of a 1973 chrysler that ran perfect; but i really do not think i want to put that in the dart. trying to decide what to do? i do have to keep budget under control.
Buy a 5.9 magnum from your local LKQ. They sell high mileage engines for around 300-500 WITH A WARRANTY. It will be in good enough shape to just do a basic re-ring, slide you a nice performance cam in and probably get by with a basic valve job. Probably for around 1500-2000 dollars you can have an honest 350 or better HP.
throw on some rhs heads, 410 gears,and your a street contender
Woods74
Broke Senior
Love my Magnum. You will too. :burnout:
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