'86 Dodge Ram 50 small block swap
There seemed to be some interest in my Ram 50 (D50) 360 swap, so I figured I would start another thread and go over the build as I have time.
Engine-
5.9 Magnum
Stock crank and rods balanced to pressed on forged flat tops Icons. Standard bore with a light hone and zero decked.
Double roller timing chain connected to a Hughes 238 intake 248 exhaust @ 50 hydraulic camshaft.
Edelbrock RPM heads no modifications other than heavier dual valve springs. Between the head and block is a oversized and thick head gasket to bring compression down to 10.7 to 1.
Stainless steel 1.6 roller rockers.
Topped off with a unworked Edelbrock air gap intake and Brawler 770 vacuum secondaries equipped with Quick Fuel billet metering blocks.
Exhaust runs out custom built step tri-y headers made from some small block stainless block huggers and then a couple of set of Honda Civic headers I got off eBay for $45 a piece. That all goes out past 3" cutouts, x pipe and then through some Summit Racing glass packs and a Flowmaster Big Block/RV muffler. I do drive it on the street and drone and loud exhaust doesn't seem as appealing with age. Lol.
Summit billet distributor hooked to MSD 6AL.
It runs really well and the end plan is a stroker kit and CNC port the heads. That should really liven things up and make everything work a bit better together. I couldn't wait drop the old 360 in and start playing, so parts are a bit mismatched for now.
There seemed to be some interest in my Ram 50 (D50) 360 swap, so I figured I would start another thread and go over the build as I have time.
Engine-
5.9 Magnum
Stock crank and rods balanced to pressed on forged flat tops Icons. Standard bore with a light hone and zero decked.
Double roller timing chain connected to a Hughes 238 intake 248 exhaust @ 50 hydraulic camshaft.
Edelbrock RPM heads no modifications other than heavier dual valve springs. Between the head and block is a oversized and thick head gasket to bring compression down to 10.7 to 1.
Stainless steel 1.6 roller rockers.
Topped off with a unworked Edelbrock air gap intake and Brawler 770 vacuum secondaries equipped with Quick Fuel billet metering blocks.
Exhaust runs out custom built step tri-y headers made from some small block stainless block huggers and then a couple of set of Honda Civic headers I got off eBay for $45 a piece. That all goes out past 3" cutouts, x pipe and then through some Summit Racing glass packs and a Flowmaster Big Block/RV muffler. I do drive it on the street and drone and loud exhaust doesn't seem as appealing with age. Lol.
Summit billet distributor hooked to MSD 6AL.
It runs really well and the end plan is a stroker kit and CNC port the heads. That should really liven things up and make everything work a bit better together. I couldn't wait drop the old 360 in and start playing, so parts are a bit mismatched for now.
