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What's left of the Dakota? Jus asking.

My daughter had a 92 Dakota 5.2 for a few years, maybe about five. It only ever smoked one CPS, and that is where I learned everything I know about EFI. lol Eventually, my daughter couldn't afford to fix it any more so I bought it off her, and then I drove it for a few more years with a lotta...

My EFI training is pretty basic, but one thing I know; OOPs my computer lost power, I'll have to reboot, be back in a sec. Ok so the programming is not letting me cut and paste so, Go to the bottom and read Note-1, then come back to the top and begin reading at Page-1 Page-1 Again, My EFI...

I use black RTV on the china walls, except I smear the under side of the intake as well, thus improving the stickshun. I RTV the 4-corners but use nothing on the flanges, other than FelPro gaskets. That way I get to reuse those stinking expensive gaskets......

Spreadbore anything. and I vote a 2800 TC. cuz I really really liked the way mine launched. (that was 16 years ago). You ever pull the rope on one of those new Chainsaws, or lawnmowers with easy start? That's what it was like when I nailed it. I could feel the TC tightening up from the instant...

If you only knew thechit I've put together, that is still running........ lol

I'd like to but can't find it found it; 340 Engine Shake

Yeah your worries seem to be the norm; but I have just not seen it in the fuel system...........yet, lol. Course my Eddies should have ethanol-compatible seats; as should the Magnums. But I haven't had the heads off since 2004....... so IDK ................ The reason for post 27 was just...

my 367 has never run anything but 87. She has run various cams from 249*, to 223*, to the current 230*, all @.050.. She has always run between 10.95 to 11.3 Scr, and from 177 to 195psi She has always run full Power-Timing . She has never detonated. My secret, if you can call it that, is Alloy...

Sorry man, this was not directed to any one in particular, I just saw the way the thread was going, lol. and put my 2cents in ....... ============================================================= by the way, as to your truck; This is how I learned EFI, your truck may not be exactly like this...

If you have an EFI engine with a knock sensor, then you can run whatever gas you want, the computer will dial back the timing to protect the engine. Yes, sometimes it runs like crap, until the computer learns the new gas, or the operator does. But with a carb, you are the computer. Octane...

Do a compression test and the numbers will point you to a minimum octane.

Truck-Magnums have dual mounting pads, but the truck bosses, I am told, will interfere with header selection. Per a recent discussion here on FABO, 67 to 72 headers, and Schumacher adapter-mounts on a slanty-K, do Not play well together. IMO; Your best bet is to find a 73up V8 A-body or similar...

not water, the molecules are too big, and clump together by surface-tension, sticking to the surfaces like magnets. Not alcohol, the molecules are so small they will creep by capillary action, thru almost anything. That leaves gasoline, but you know, don't burn your shop down. I use alcohol...

I would put a fuel pressure gauge on it and see how long or if the pressure stays up, after shut-down.

Good call

You do not need .080 preload. That amount is given, mostly so that over the life of the lifter/lobe, you may never experience noisy lifters. Every 5000 miles, the lifters and lobes may show measureable wear. So then, 50,000 miles from now, your .080 will no longer be .080. Hopefully you will...

I freshened my 367, FIVE winters in a row, looking for surprises to take care of, before they became an issue. That's how much I didn't trust the "pro-shop's" assembly work...... even tho they handle almost all the local circle track work.. Plus it was my first trip into pushing 185 to 200psi...

If it was me I'd just pull it apart and start over. You'll spend more time dinking around with it than it it's worth. It could be a bent crank or it needs a line-hone. You can't find that until the rods are out of the way. But my guess is the rings are dry.I have watched mechanics grease the...

165 is great! for torque, but it won't get anywhere near 350/400 horsepower with a 208 cam. But, the 208*cam will make great torque even at 9/1 and 1565 ft elevation. OK scratch "great" . At 165psi it's great. At 145 not so much

Wiki says you are at 1565 ft above sealevel. You never said what size Magnum you have but no matter, if 1565 is correct, you are gonna need a lot more than 9/1 Scr to get any power at all. Torque will be OK but nothing to get overly excited about.

You might be in trouble Mac. Do another Compression Test with a different tester.

IMO, in an A-body you will need to get the front of the engine as low as is possible, and the back of the trans up as high as is possible, going towards but not past, parallel to the rockers; then deal with the rear driveline angles; which are; driveshaft to trans and driveshaft to pinion, and...

yes it does look off, but I know for a fact that the hold-down bolt is on the passenger side, soooooo, it looks odd but the white stuff is the intake. IDK about you, but that shadow-line made my brain work overtime, for a bit the second pic looks better; and if this is at NO1- TDC-...

In the video, it sounds like it's trying to start, so then the D is probably installed at least close to correct. When the D is out by 180*, the engine usually just winds up and sounds like the ignition is dead, with no fires whatsoever; because every plug is firing on the end of the exhaust...

It doesn't matter to the engine, where the drive is pointing; after you re-install the D,and re-synchronize the reluctor to the pole-piece, all that happens is the rotor moves to a new tower. So then you swap your wires over to the proper tower, and away it goes, same-old/same-old. Where the...

To no one in particular, and as applies to a streeter only; Remember that when you move your cam, you are always trading extraction degrees and compression degrees, in a one to one ratio, and simultaneously swapping overlap from one side of TDC to the other, usually reducing the Effective...

lol, you don't know us bozoz very well, especially me, lol. But now I get where you're coming from. And in that case, the lo-buck approach is to just install the LA 2bbl on it, by modifying the holes and bolt-seats. I haven't done it, but I read about it being done (on a 4bbl intake mind you)...

sorry but if you intend to operate this Stude at widely varying altitudes, keep in mind that each 1000 ft will change your cylinder pressure by about 5 psi. This is about the same pressure difference as one cam size. Since you mentioned fuel economy, I jumped in with the cam-talk. A loss of...

I also found oddball specs that advanced the chit out of that cam in a 5.9. It had a lot of exhaust duration on it,, so they could get away with that, but according to the specs I found, the overlap period was all crossed up. I found a lot of internet hoopla about these Mopar factory Magnum...