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A bite out of the front/rear or out of the round edge?

Also, maybe I should have asked this first, what is the issue with engine mounts? I seem to recall that 5.2 had odd mounts that prevented it from directly replacing an LA but the 5.9 had the odd and old mounts. My plan is to swap the 5.2/5.9 from a '93 truck into my '78 that currently has a 360/727 but use the original 727 trans.



A 93 Magnum 5.9 will have a visible groove in the front of the damper. The 5.9 and LA 360 driver's side block mount ears are closer together than the 5.2/318 mount ears. Regardless of whether your Magnum is a 5.9 or a 5.2, you can't use the LA 360 converter due to the different balance weight requirements. Your options are to use a 1995-down Magnum converter, use a B&M Magnum balanced flexplate with a neutral balanced converter, or get the Mopar balance P5249843 Magnum 360 balance weight kit and rebalance your LA 360 converter.