Worth the effort?

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One more thing to consider, check and see if any water got into the oil.
 
JBurch said:
Taking this apart is gonna be a mixed bag of fasteners, some are going to be inch, some are going to be metric, been awhile since I've been inside a Magnum to remember what's inch and what's not.

Most common inch based sizes needed are gonna be: 3/8, 7/16, 1/2, 9/16, 5/8, 11/16, 3/4, you may wish to go on up to 1 inch, your choice; you'll want these in sockets and wrenches, drive sizes of 3/8 and 1/2 inch.

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Helps alot
 
gzig5 said:
Get it. Everything that matters is inside and made of steel. I don't think it got hot enough to affect the heads or block. The distributor cap isn't melted.

As for 500lb-ft, any decent 4" stroke crank with heads that will flow 250-ish cfm, 9.5-10:1 compression, and a decent cam should get you there. The stock heads probably could be ported to do it or any of the aftermarket aluminum ones would. The stroker should rev just fine to 6500 depending on heads and cam, and at that power level shouldn't need any trick oiling mods IMO.
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Would there be any noticeable gains from going E85 and higher compression on these engines or is it more like the “normal” 3-4% gain on unboosted smaller DOHC 16v engines?
 
greven said:
That socket won’t se much other use...;)
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That's how car stuff goes........I have a 32MMdeep impact socket I haven't uses in over 20 years.....last time I changed a CV joint on my Jetta at the time
 
I pulled a magnum 5.9 out of a fire much worse than that. Caused by a battery in the front of a 2500 ram. Stripped it to a long block, new cam, intake, carb, thing ran great. I bet that engine will be a great core for learning.
 
greven said:
it is a grand cherokee -98 with a 5.9litre so it should be a Magnum 360
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I have one of those 5.9's. The 5.9 Magnum (360) was only available in 1998 in the Grand Cherokee. The only year. It's a factory roller cam motor, so it's not worth a premium, but If someone was restoring a '98 Grand Cherokee, they might pay extra for it, but I doubt it. I had mine sonic checked for a .030 overbore, and the block is plenty thick. My stock heads appear to be not cracked between the valve seats, but replacement heads are going to be cheaper than having used, cracked heads sent from the USA. JMO.
 
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