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the 587 head does flow better, over the 915 head, best to install sst one piece valves, that helps flow and velocity. in stock, low comp 340 are as fast as, the higher comp 340's. just food for thought, i've found the 1.88 valve has more velocity over 2.02.

yes, but 273 rod has a bushing in it, 360 uses a pressed pin. piston needs lock ring grooves cut in pin bores, unless you're using after market, pistons, some come with lock grooves. just food for thought

with dots at 12 crank and cam at 6, it's on # 6 tdc. # 1 overlap, both dots have to be at 12 clock then it's # 1 tdc, now can degree cam correctly,

i assume , when you degreed it, dots were at 12 and 12?? when they are together, you're on # 6 tdc. dots at 12 and 12 is # 1 tdc, then cam will degree correctly.

few years ago,i went to a flow seminar put on by superflow, harold bettes , vp of super flow conducted the 8 hour class. it was very informative class. he stated, that engine doesn't pull 28 " of vac, if it does, you are loosing power,, my bench is calibrated at 25 :, he also stated, that 20 ...

bronze liners require an install kit, k line sells those

turn balancer over see the front face , if has no horse shoe, then its internal balanced, also external will have stamped on it 340 external only

usually have to sleeve right side lifter galley to use roller cams. from mopar race manual. can get very expensive . probably have piston to valve clearance probs

can hookup an electric pump to line off man fuel pump, and suck gas up through it. between carb and pump., i've done that before, it works

where are your filters at? after the pump or before ?

a 318 or a 340 crank are the same, casting numbers are same. both are steel cranks

in my stocker, with msd 7al, run .060 gaps, also, use a standard length plug, not a extended tip plugs, also can run more timing , this is a 72 340. at track , opened up gaps from .045 to .060 ran .05 faster and .75 mph faster. btw, i use NGK plugs. just food for thought. btw it's a B8es plug

with msd 6 , we ran .045 gap

both are internal balanced, will work

actually, had a guy show me, he uses a bread sack wraps around filter, then unscrews it, no leaks, just food for thought. it's contained

we use the short filter on the 90 deg adopter, more room to get to it, napa 1068 filter, when changing filter i place a rag over header tubes , just food for thought.

more air flow will produce more cylinder pressure , which makes more power, years ago. had a very sharp engine builder, stock n s/s said , he would give up .5 comp for more air flow or bigger cam. will go faster. just food for thought,

i have 7 587 heads with a J cast number on them.

oregon cam in vancouver usa can cut lifters

the multi groove locks allow the valve to rotate freely i read this in an article the intake locks grip the valve , the exhaust do do not. take a lock and grip it, then rotate the valve, i've done that, just food for thought

we use a long bolt threaded into cam snout easy way to feed it through cam bearings. even using the oil pump drive gear will work, pushed into snout. also, we install cam with block upside down can reach in and hold the cam . just food for thought

oregon cam will be best bet, ken has lots of info about cams. he knows cams .

you have to elongate pushrod hole area, reason is they hit at max lift, i've done that for others . there's not much improvement for money spent, just food for thought. heads have to come off to elongate pushrod areas.

pan evac does not work with mufflers, creates back pressure to engine. made for open headers only. i've seen this before, guy blew dip stick out, with pan evac, and mufflers, .just food for thought

doesn't matter which caps, still needs to be align bored. the 273 caps are strong enough to support crank. also have to find a set of stock caps, from another block. stock caps are not available as new,

block will have to be align bored though. torque is same for 273 and 340 bolts

they will fit, use 273 bolts though, as caps are shorter.

nail head valves vs tulip on track was worth .20 and 2 mph in a 340 stocker, on flow bench was 8 cfm per port better times 8 = 64 cfm total. just food for thought. john is right ports look very big,

we use the moly grease on lobes and lifter bottoms, maxima oil makes a breakin oil, 10-30 or 10-40,. just food for thought.

what about the fuel system?? lack of fuel will cause those problems. in the tank is a sock on inlet, those get plugged up, and don't let engine get correct amount of fuel, also how about the fuel pump? on which side of fuel pump is the filter?