Junkyard 5.9L Magnum + Edelbrock LA heads build

nm9stheham said

I'd do it on a 4 hole plate but would pause on the Magnum 6 hole plate.

Don't think I have ever seen a set of rod bearings so uniformly worn with the copper showing the same on all 8. Would make me wonder if the rods are distorting when the nuts are torqued.

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I'm using a Canton billet oil filter plate, just put it on earlier this evening actually.

It's interesting the rod bearings that came out of my last 360 looked the same but worse (it had lots of pinging, that's what ended up killing it). All 8 had even copper showing on the center 1/3-1/2 of the bearing surface. My guess is this engine was just used hard, it was in a Ram 1500 pickup after all and those aren't exactly light. Judging by the inch-thick layer of ranch field mud covering the bottom of the donor JY truck (I knew from the hay, and smell) I'm willing to bet it towed some big ol' trailers possibly beyond its rated capacity.

Not the best junkyard engine but could be a lot worse...