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If he has a adjustable fixture for cutting heads, that's what I use to cut intakes. You bolt through the intake flange to the fixture, then indicate in the gasket surface in both axis.

Not the cam I'd use in a heavy B body with a 3:23 gear, but if I WAS gonna use it, I'd do like RustyRatRod suggested

Look around and find you a short deck R3 with ford mains. That would get you what you want! Probably more of those ford main cranks laying around than the mopar size stuff. I'd check with Ernie Elliott, he had a bunch of that stuff at one time

Yeah I get all that, just wondering what his build is to warrant such a nice crank

I'm wondering what your trying to accomplish? It's hard to imagine needing a $3k-4k crankshaft for a 360.

Yeah, and maybe they DO offer them in the LA pattern now, I have no idea. All I have seen up till now is the magnum pattern.

I have never seen the china versions with the LA bolt pattern.

There is a lot more advantage to bushing the lifter bores other than not uncovering the oil band. Most of these blocks are 50+ years old, and literally nobody ever measures the actual bore diameter, not to mention lifter body diameter variations among brands. And the lifter bores are the...

This is a china magnum head, same castings regardless of who you buy them from. This particular head was just a spare "R&D" head, and the 2.02 port was a really quick seat cut, multiple angles, bowl opened up, and 15 minutes of port work. It's been a few years, but I recall it being in the 270s...

Same castings

You can buy them from almost any machine shop. (Including mine) Bare castings, or complete

The cracks DO start between the seats, the problem is eventually, the crack migrates through the seat area, causing burned valves and a leaking seat

I've gotten 270s with a 2.02 and some very basic porting.

The "new" EQ heads (china) are about your only choice. With a nice valve job and a little bowl work, they aren't bad. I'd recommend getting bronze guide liners installed from the get go also.

My experience with W2 rockers, is that they DONT oil the pushrods correctly IF they are that far away from the adjuster. Went through this exact scenario 4 or 5 years ago on a W2 340 I machined for a buddy. I showed him how to measure pushrod length after the engine was assembled, but he mis...

Wrong length pushrods, it should have never been assembled like that. What does rocker geometry look like?

Here are the part numbers and the instructions. The kit DOES include 2 extra studs, and washers are optional on the rear bolts.

Not to mention, you are missing 2 of the bolts due to the holes not lining up, that will effect the ballance also, as the holes are not symmetrical. And the other thing is, the factory ballance job can be off quite a bit from what we can achieve these days.

There is more to a cylinder head being able to make power than the raw total flow rate. Those big mouth heads are a sales gimmick, in my opinion.

Old school plate

Yes, it was pretty good thickness wise but I dont have the numbers in front of me at the moment. It was allready .030, but I was able to clean it up straight and round at .040

On this particular block, I measured the the bore diameter across the bore between the head bolts as it was with no torque plate, and after torquing the plate down with a cometic gasket, remeasured and it distorted the bore exactly .0008, so 2 tenths less than a full one thousandth out of...

This is the highly desirable early 360 block, (71 casting date) after his first block was found to be cracked in I believe 2 cylinders. This block had previously been rebuilt and ran, and I thought it would be interesting to see what happens with a torque plate for bore distortion, as apposed to...

Yes, low profile bolts for the rear cap, so at least you dont have to run one factory bolt. It only took 20+ years of complaints for ARP to acknowledge and correct the kit.

Glad it worked out for ya!

Those are just "full groove" bearings. Completely normal

Everyone was trying to give the guy freindly advice, but he got all pissy about it, and doesn't appreciate people giving him HONEST input. He seems to want someone to just say "yes they just drop right in! Go for it!" I was trying to prepare him for what will be needed to make them work, but he...

They are DESIGNED to work in a 318, so YES they will work in a 318 with open chamber heads. BUT will require clearance checks for chambers, and to determine compression ratio. And most likely milling of domes, chambers and deck surface. I dont know why it's so hard for people to understand...

What is the point if someone else HAD used them? All block deck heights vary, all chamber sizes vary, all rod strokes vary in accuracy, so it would be a mute point. That's the point that I (as a engine builder who does this everyday) was trying to make. OP comes on early looking for some one to...