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i picked up a set of EQ heads with valves and I’m getting ready to assemble them for my 408 Magnum. The cam I have will have right around 550 lift with 1.7 roller rockers I have. Who makes a good valve spring and retainer for this application.

i have this 408 that I have been building out of junk I've been digging out of my garage, I've come down to choosing between this Comp cams Hydraulic, CRS 305H10 which is 525 lift 305 duration 110 centerline, duration @050 is 253. Or the Mopar Performance 557 lift solid cam which is 296 duration...

I've got a 1973 340 + 030 short block that I built with a cast crank, Eagle rods, and Keith Black 243 pistons which are a flat top with valve notches but they extend .018 out of the hole. I picked up a set of closed chamber Edelbrock heads and was wondering what is the minimum piston to head...

Does anyone know of a chart showing the chamber sizes on the different W2 heads? I know over the years they have made a bunch of them.

I bought a 408 magnum shortblock and this cam was in it. The motor is a 4 inch stroke with forged dished pistons. I am running Edelbrock magnum heads on it with a Performer RPM air gap. Has anyone ever used this cam and how did it do. It's a Hughes SER1418 ALN14, its 533/539 lift, 114 lobe...

an old friend of mine who used to build super stock hemis always told me to us eight volume oil pumps as opposed to high pressure pumps, since I had so much respect for his abilities to build a motor I never bothered to ask him why. He passed away years ago and I always took his advice( which I...

So I get on Craigslist last night looking for a pickup truck and I type in Dodge under the all for sale heading and Im shopping through and I see an ad for a 360/ 4 inch stroke short block. and I notice it got posted 16 hours ago so I mark it and keep shopping. I get up this morning and call the...

I am digging in the garage trying to use up 40 years worth of leftover parts and trying to group them into specific combinations so I know where I'm headed and what else I need to complete them. I have a 360 Magnum block thats already bored .030 and has new freeze plugs and everything else. I...

I just got my 408 short block back from the machine shop and was wanting some opinions on which heads to use and where to get them. Its a 1972 260 block bored .030 with a 4 inch forged crank, eagle rods and forged probe flat top pistons with the 2 valve reliefs. They are zero decked. I am...

I was wondering if anyone knew how much difference there is in deck height between a La 360 and a magnum 360

Anybody ever use the Chinese aluminum heads that Muscle Motors sells for $1000 a set? He said the chambers are 86cc and was real vague about everything else. Any experience?

I was digging through my garage looking to see what I had laying around to build a motor with and I dug up a 360 block I had that is bored .040 and its been align bored and square decked and new cam bearings and freeze plugs are installed. I found a new set of small block rods and a set of...

I have a chance to pick up an Edelbrock pro flow 2 fuel injection system for a small block and I was wondering if anyone was familiar with these units and knows their limitations.

I have a 408 short block that I've had built for a while with a forged 4 inch crank, eagle rods, and Icon 4.03 bore flat tops with valve notches with zero deck.Problem being that I built it in a magnum style block (don't ask what I was thinking)which means with the closed chamber Edelbrock...

I recently picked up a new set of Edelbrock magnum style heads and a camshaft and I am trying to figure out what type of shortblock to build.I have a couple of sets of the Kieth Black 107 style pistons which is a flat top with valve reliefs and I was wondering if anyone had run a magnum style...

I have a 408 short block that I've had built for a while with a forged 4 inch crank, eagle rods, and Icon 4.03 bore flat tops with valve notches with zero deck. I have a set of Edelbrock aluminum heads and a Holley strip dominator intake. I know that the stroker motors can run a lot more cam...

I have a 5.9 Magnum shortblock with 4 inch crank and Icon forged flat tops in it. It is -0- decked and with the magnum chambers it would push 12.9 comp. I was wondering if anybody made a rocker for the LA style engines that oils through the pushrods? if so I could use my Eddelbrock heads with...

I have heard that someone makes a rocker arm for the old style LA heads that oils through the pushrods like the Magnum. I know that almost all hydraulic lifters available these days are the AMC style that will oil through the pushrods but I want to run an Edelbrock LA style head with a little...

I was looking at the Hughs websight and was wondering if anyone evr used the iron ram heads that they advertise.Are they something different or just the EQ head thats been massaged?

I was at a swap meet a couple of years ago and picked up a brand new set of 586 small block (smog) heads. I was wondering if they were usable for just a warmed over 360 I'm putting in my Dads 39 Plymouth. Its a 360 +040 with Kieth Black flat top pistons and a 441 lift cam and I havnt decided on...

I picked up a set of the Mopar Performance Commando aluminum head castings last night new in the box bare heads. They have the cast in rocker stands and use stock valves.Has anybody had any experience with these heads running "out of the box" with no port work? I have heard several opinions...