Roller Cam Grinding Found This...............
Pete,
Forgot to answer your other questions. Sorry
There's a lot of gotchas with the Magnums. I'm still learning as I go.
1.) Regrind cost. $117.00 plus shipping which came out to about $130-150. Talk to Ken. That is the guy that spec'd out the cam for me based on my build. Super nice guy and very knowledgeable. Cam is good to about 5800-6000 as I recall which is a safe upper RPM range for a stock bottom end magnum from what I've read.
2.) I kept the cam grind to the listed specs. Didn't change anything. 112 lobe separation.
3.) LA style timing cover, later alum water pump, V-belt setup. Still trying to secure pulleys. That's a big PITA.
4.) 727 out back. I bought the B&M flexplate that is weighted for Magnum 5.9. The factory flexplate should bolt up to a 904 converter. I've read that you need to enlarge one of the holes to make it mate up with an after market converter.
5.) Balancer- Professional Products with interchangeable weights.
6.) Mechanical fuel pump (stock type)- Bought the bolt on cam fuel pump eccentric from Hughes Engines.
7.) Alternator- I'm going to use one of the smaller Denso styles. I bough the alt bracket kit from Mancini that allows you to use these alts on LA and Magnum engines.
8.) Intake- You'll need something with the Magnum bolt pattern. I bought my heads with the LA bolt pattern to match up with my corresponding RPM Air Gap.
Keep the questions coming and sorry if I missed anything. There are a few pics of my engine in my profile/View Photos.