Princess Valiant
A.K.A. Rainy Day Auto
I've been toying with pulling the trigger on a magnum engine. I see them around but they seemed kinda foreign but now i think my dart is getting a magnum now that I know more of what is be getting into.
I've been toying with pulling the trigger on a magnum engine. I see them around but they seemed kinda foreign but now i think my dart is getting a magnum now that I know more of what is be getting into.
I just installed the 408 Blueprint engine that uses a mid 90's 5.9 magnum block with Edelbrock aluminum heads & Air Gap manifold. The difference between that engine and the 1972 360 engine that I had in the car is dramatic. All the aluminum parts probably saved 75-100 pounds. I too would not go back to an LA engine unless I was doing a numbers matching build. You would be very happy with the magnum as long as you chose the correct pieces. Thanks for posting!
Right, but my point was the build was a magnum.you went from a 360 to a 408 decked out with alumn parts? you aren't seeing a difference between a LA and magnum engine. you are seeing more a difference of a 360 and a built alum headed 408.
Right, but my point was the build was a magnum.
This no doubt is true. My comments were specifically for the "bait title" "LS fighter". Just putting the now not available EQ replacement mag heads on an LA is an upgrade, although one wonders if it isn't mostly compression ratio increase. "I guess" the rockers are more ratio that must help someMy friend put a magnum 318 in place of the LA in his 69 Polara wagon, and it's a different car now. 4bbl intake and headers for a late 90's Dakota are all he put on. Got the engine and trans for $150.
I've been toying with pulling the trigger on a magnum engine. I see them around but they seemed kinda foreign but now i think my dart is getting a magnum now that I know more of what is be getting into.
Because that's all i can find, if you have better, then im all ears because i just want to learn this **** because im trying to be a mechanic here and i just need good info .....Why do you keep getting your info from that bum.
It's like they all get Second Hand high through the screen when watching Uncle phonies garage. The Magnum heads are nothing to write home about pretty pathetic as a matter of fact that people get a hard-on for them. The best heads far as I know they quit making. Which leaves you with doing a lot of work on some aftermarket Ironhead if you're trying to maintain the Magnum is great **** because as soon as you switch to aluminum... it could be any engine non Magnum, wouldnt matter. 360 is a 360 ..just put some 9.1 pistons in it already.This no doubt is true. My comments were specifically for the "bait title" "LS fighter". Just putting the now not available EQ replacement mag heads on an LA is an upgrade, although one wonders if it isn't mostly compression ratio increase. "I guess" the rockers are more ratio that must help some
I refuse to watch that crap. What do you want to learn?Because that's all i can find, if you have better, then im all ears because i just want to learn this **** because im trying to be a mechanic here and i just need good info .....
Vortecs will smoke Magnum heads.LA engines are good for the intended purpose. Magnum engines are good for their intended purpose, dramaquens and clickbait is only fun for so long.
If we have to compare the Magnum engines to a Chevy smallblock it would be the Vortech family.
Want to compare a LS to a Mopar? Gen3 hemi is the closest we get.
It's like they all get Second Hand high through the screen when watching Uncle phonies garage. The Magnum heads are nothing to write home about pretty pathetic as a matter of fact that people get a hard-on for them. The best heads far as I know they quit making. Which leaves you with doing a lot of work on some aftermarket Ironhead if you're trying to maintain the Magnum is great **** because as soon as you switch to aluminum... it could be any engine non Magnum, wouldnt matter. 360 is a 360 ..just put some 9.1 pistons in it already.
Magnum by name only.
Smog motor is the proper term.
I can't believe this guy is still peddling junkyard dog and people are still buying his line.
People would be better served to learn to read and buy a few of many books available on Mopar engines.
Some are written by guys that BTDT with proven results.
Since the cracking problem was known 20 years ago the most modern manufactured replacement heads have been reinforced in those areas.
Magnum has been out of production since 2003.
The EQ's claim to fame was smoother castings with improved port shape. Not cracking resistance.
"True LS fighter? Doubt that. The heads are the big holdup, as with any other SB Mopar. Some claim that "in the extreme" more can be done with modified factory LA heads than can modded factory Mag heads.
Don't get too carried away. The main things are heads, cam, intake and exhaust system, and the pistons. I don't see much advantage, other than "what you have" or "what you can get"
I really don't care for stud rockers