Recent content by lo_jack

^ I have noticed that. To make it more confusing, not everyone labels everything the same way, which is quite annoying.

Thanks guys. I've been reading a lot of this every night to try and get up to speed. Having fooled around with late model stuff for the past while, I guess I have a new perspective on these motors. This will be fun.

I have been reading up on rockers, specifically magnum rockers as LA rockers are shaft mount and unique. But I cannot figure out how to tell if a stud mount rocker arm is compatible with a certain head. Does it all have to do with the stud size...eg 5/16, 3/8 or 7/16? For example: I...

Yes it is. That's why I got it. Well, that and the v8. I've been driving and racing 6s for 10 years, and I have to say I am ansy to get back to small block chrysler.

No, you would go with two big ones. Smaller = more restriction = run out of flow up top, where a strip car needs to live. For street it would be opposite, and two smaller exhaust housings would spool quickly and keep you in boost at lower RPM where a max flow situation is less important...

I am fairly certain when I researched this (since I will have the same problem of the non finished crank) that a magnum era roller bearing fits in the converter diameter hole, and should fix the problem.

...because I don't have an A body. But I do have a 74 318 out of a Duster, that is going to go into my 79 Ramcharger. I have an 85 RC also. Eventually I'd like to get an actual Dodge passenger car and build a race car out of it, but for now I race my 99 firebird v6, which makes about as much...