Recent content by jarvitron

Only thing I'd worry much about is driveshaft length. Wasn't 66 still the all big block and the 318 poly/A? Don't think that LA318 motor mounts are the same, so you might have to go custom for the motor mounts, and I assume you'll at least have to relocate the trans crossmember.

I think you should all whip em out and we can see how far you all pee. Instead of fighting over car parts none of you dittoheads have ever seen.

If you have good compression, no weird colors on any plugs and no oil in the water/water int he oil, I'd just do the lifters. As soon as you take off the heads to check you are gonna end up replacing them, even if it runs great right now they are currently cracked (they just are, the casting...

The MP rod doesn't work because it's not supposed to, as far as I've been able to tell it's ONLY a retrofit piece for adapted plastic res MCs (bracket is about 5/8" thick and jogs the MC to the side for BB/Hemi VC clearance). See hurrr

The newer, vertical bolt design is a well-known step backwards in engine sealing, actually, it forces the intake manifold in like a wedge between the heads if overtorqued, rocking them outward and causing coolant leaks at the ends. You should check out some forums about vehicles that use the...

273 =/= 340

Popping in the exhaust is the introduction of oxygen in the pipe where the exhaust is still hot enough to cause a secondary combustion. If it is a stuck valve and it calms down when heated up (this is not how sticking usually works) and doesn't get any worse when you adjust it you should send...

I found a real nice one for my Datsun in a V6 Toyota mini-van. Big motor, small radiator, nice ABS shroud on it, Basically just took my measuring tape with me and looked around for the fan motor with the highest amperage rating and a shroud that more or less covered the core.

My 1973 with the 22" Champion aluminum fits the stock clutch fan (definitely not the shroud). It puts the fan blades about 1/2" from the radiator.

You just planning on goobering some RTV in the saddle gasket retainer notches of that pan or are you going to weld in a magnum corner? (I goobered RTV but always curious what others do when using the magnum gasket and an LA pan).

Awesome swap, I have a 5.9 in my 73 and it runs great, I'm not using any of the FI or Serpentine because I didn't want to relocate my battery, and I didn't want to mess with FI fuel pressures just yet. Are you putting in the A/C and serp power steering? Did you get the RamVan power steering pump...

I've quit smoking (gotten to the point of not clenching my hands any time I pay for gas because what I really want is to jump across the counter and start eating cigarettes off that rack until they tranq dart me) twice now. It's hard, the first time I did it I used baby carrots in a baggie. Any...

Naval Jelly, sold at any hardware store worth visiting.

$250 on ebay, $400 from an established vendor. Oreilly Auto.com - $110 shipped to my door.

There's also an "early Magnum" kit that is basically some weights to weld on the torque converter - the now-defunct B&M piece is sometimes on eBay, the weld on weights are sometimes on ebay, or at a Dodge dealership that still has a parts counter that is functional. I will vouch for the...