Interchange questions between LA 360 and the Magnum 5.9

Kern Dog said
I thought that all of the crate engines were all remanufactured roller cam blocks. If I were him, I wouldn't change back to a flat tappet setup.
To repeat,
I was wondering about what is required to change my LA 360 block to use the Magnum 360 heads. I know that the AMC lifters and hollow pushrods would get oil to the rocker arms but was not sure if the traditional LA oil path to the rocker shafts was blocked off by the Magnum head or the Magnum head gasket.
I forgot about the different intake manifold and the weird bolt hole arrangement in the ends of the Magnum heads for alternator mounting.
I never heard anyone state that the deck heights were different between the LA and Magnum series.

5.9's are shorter than LA 360's 9.580 vs 9.599 deck heights

some of the early magnum blocks are drilled for head oiling, but not all. the magnum head doesn't have provisions for oiling in that manner so it's blocked there and by the head gasket as well. even if you use a LA head gaskets (which you can) and even if the block is drilled, the oil has nowhere to go.

anyway, to your question at hand: to knock magnum heads on you'll need: heads, head bolts (they're different), rocker gear, lifters that have a provision for push rod oiling (dem AMC jobbers), custom pushrods, and headgaskets-- preferably magnum but not 100% necessary.

then you just need whatever intake you want to run.