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Maybe I should have said it can work in a pinch if you dont happen to have a stethoscope on hand. That make you feel better?

Salvage yards told me earlier blocks would not work in my 2002 B1500 because of motor mount differences. I found a 97 model from a truck to build and it fit fine.

A long metal through hsndle screwdriver or pry bar can serve as a poor man's stethascope

Did you build it yourself? If so where did you buy your parts and what kit/parts did you use?

It is something they do at the female doctor's office.

Good to see you back friend. Hope you are doing well sir.

I took mine out the front on my 2002 B1500. Pulled the kegger for clearance and ran a short chain across to each head. It was tight but plenty doable. No need to screw around with taking the trans out doing it this way.

Stroker will certainly give a lot more torque. Powernation did an episode with a stroked 5.9 with the stock magnum heads and cam with an air gap, carb, and headers. It made 490 lb ft at 3000rpm, and 430 plus from 2k to 4k rpm. It is all about the intended purpose of the engine and the rpm...

So chrysler engineers didnt design a purpose built engine? Nonsense. Part of that design of the 413 RV engine is the cam with less than 200 @.050 duration. Another part is the small runners in the heads and small valve sizes. To say it has nothing to do with torque production is asinine...

Damn that is very sad news. I never had the pleasure of meeting him in person. But I always respected his willingness to share tech and try to help others. RIP PBR.

Yup you can see the bigger valve and a small chamber relief cut. As long as they sized the bowls coreectly for the bigger valve just run what you have. Probably arent going to hit 500hp, but will at least be within spitting distance of 450 with your stroker.

Watch the engine masters dyno about the Utawesome kegger stuff. Lots of money for little result.

Water pump impeller distance to the back of the timing cover can be off and cause flow issues and cavitation. Cant assume any parts now a days are good or assembled right. A pump with a round disc on the back of the impeller eliminates the problem. Also you mention fans pushing in the right...

Problem is the lifter bore machining is all over the place. You would be creating a wear pattern for one block then switching to a different one. Using your idea to run in the specific block that the cam and lifters will wind up in would be better.

They do. Just have to put them in the right places.

Here is the poop. Stock oem pistons are offset to one side for quiet operation. Minimal gains of a couple to five hp can be had by flipping them. For a street build, it isnt worth it to me taking a chance on cracking a piston on pressed pins to flip them. IIRC engine masters did the piston...

record the sound of the old starter on your phone and play it when you start your car with the newer style starter

That 90 model 46rh is likely a a non lockup unit if that makes a difference to you. For 550 I would buy it just for engine and trans cores and hopefully be surprised by one of them working.

Not according to his youtube videos. He specifically says works with inline wedge heads from ford and chrysler as well. Canted valve heads have a different formula.

More than a little flooding in Atlanta area. Woke up to several inches of water in my lower level this morning. I don't know how much it rained the last 48 hrs at my house, but a 5 gallon bucket in my yard that was empty Wednesday before the rain started filled and overflowed by this morning.

Since you asked, it would be pretty tough to afford to keep rear tires on such a beast. :)

Just to confuse matters even more, Edelbrock has both and LA casting and a magnum style casting that are very different.

With that cam any of the magnum style heads would work well. Even the stock magnum heads with a good valve job very minimal chamber and bowl work would be a good choice. Check out Charles Serviedo (spelling?) youtube videos about small block mopar heads.

What do you want the stroker to do that the current 340 doesn't do for you already?

None of this is good news. I feel like I am watching our hobby going into the death throws because of all the parts issues. I still have a few builds left in me I hope, but I no longer plan on them being worth much of anything even when they are done.

Very few options listed for mopar stuff on jegs or summit now.

Then run the cam you have and plan your roller block build.

I gotcha. Get the thing on the hwy cruising at steady 55 to 60 for a few miles. If the temp goes down, it would point towards a possible problem with the shroud or fan not being up to snuff at idle. 205-210 is normal for most newer stuff including the magnums run at. Wondering if you...

Does the temperature go down at highway speeds or stay the same? Didn't see where you mentioned what degree thermostat you have installed. I would want to at least temporarily install a manual temp gauge to verify actual coolant temps.

I have the hughes cam you pictured in my 5.9 2002 Ram van and really like it. (Edit- mine is 114 lsa version for stock magnum fuel injection) Did a stock bottom end rebuild with the hughes cam and eq nz heads. Big difference in power and engine doesn't stop pulling. Might as well go ahead...