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Re: 360 swap day 6 today. update PICS!
[Re: Neil]
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08/01/09 11:43 PM
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If it's "your" engine then how come you aren't over there helping?  
Oz lives in SoCal. They are afraid to set foot in NorCal because they know we'll kill and eat them.
That is an LA cover/pump on a Magnum block as Oz stated. All sorts of fun little bugs to iron out, from the alternator not fitting, having to bend my throttle bracket, to the fact that the Magnum bypass hose is straight and the LA one is angled.
I am running a Comp Cams XE 264/270* .480" and had the heads which I also got from Oz, machined for the recommended valvesprings.
Performer RPM Air Gap 
Speed Demon 750 vac. sec. carb
TTi's!
The 904 has the 2.74/1.54 swap with the 5 clutch drum and a MP "145K" torque converter. I am wondering if I should order the 166K or the 175K unit?
The rear as I mentioned before is a 8.25 with 3.21:1's
Ideally it would be a Supra R154 5 speed:
* First Gear: 3.250:1
* Second Gear: 1.955:1
* Third Gear: 1.310:1
* Fourth Gear: 1.00:1
* Fifth Gear: 0.753:1
Since it has overdrive I would like to run 3:91's but I hear anything over a 9.5 combined is overkill on the street.
3.25 x 3.21 = 10.43. First is too low? Second is too high to launch in with this trans as well, then?
Maybe I need 2.94's with that tranny for a 9.5?
I am running a 215/65 R15 if that helps. 
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Re: 360 swap day 6 today. update PICS!
[Re: Just Cameron]
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08/01/09 11:54 PM
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nice work, man! I recently had to replace the clutch in my 73 Rallye Charger, I decided to go ahead and pull my engine (LA 360) to paint it and the engine bay... here is before and after pics. Jason  
Last edited by JAAK; 08/01/09 11:57 PM.
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Re: 360 swap day 6 today. update PICS!
[Re: Just Cameron]
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08/02/09 10:36 AM
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Oz lives in SoCal. They are afraid to set foot in NorCal because they know we'll kill and eat them
You were afraid to come get the engine if I recall.. 
At least we don't eat people down here.... 
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Re: 360 swap day 6 today. update PICS!
[Re: OzHemi]
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08/02/09 12:41 PM
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Oz lives in SoCal. They are afraid to set foot in NorCal because they know we'll kill and eat them
You were afraid to come get the engine if I recall..
Yeah, I made my cousin who lives south of YOU go get it. It sat in his front yard for about a year.
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Re: 360 swap day 6 today. update PICS!
[Re: Jeremiah]
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08/02/09 12:45 PM
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Looking good man. Did the heads have any work done to them? Are they standard magnum castings or? It would probably like a little head work, a little more cam, a little more converter, and a little more gear.  For driveability I'd say don't take my advise. For maximum fun I'd say DO take my advise.
Better yet, get it running, bring it up here and I'll let you use my shop and "help" 
Stock heads other that work for the valve springs.
It'll still be a fire-breather compared to my old stock-piston '73 318.
I ordered a stroker kit to go 408 and was planning more cam, head work, etc. but then Snap-On laid us all off so I re-sold the stroker kit and went closer to stock.
Kinda wish I'd just bought a $5K crate 408 looking back on it, but in a few years I can always pull it back out again and go crazy on it.
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Re: 360 swap day 6 today. update PICS!
[Re: Just Cameron]
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08/02/09 12:55 PM
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I'd be very happy with where you are at. The 408 stroker combo is awesome with a good set of heads and a solid roller but it will rip your car apart without having the frame ties and a roll bar. That was pretty much the demise of my Valiant although it was a four speed. It looks like you will have a good car for a little road tripping. If you end up short on any odds and ends give me a shout and I'll overnight stuff if I have it/can find it. Get to work!  We want burnout pics!  ... in a ritzxy neighborhood too.
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Re: 360 swap day 3 today. update PICS!
[Re: FrankenScamp]
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08/06/09 11:50 PM
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Just got done for the night. Mainly doing lots of little unimpressive stuff right now. Grinding paint from around the excess holes in my engine bay where smog equipment and A/C stuff used to mount, cut out part of the A/C firewall and my patch panel from the spare firewall, ground all the green paint off of it, stuff like that in the engine bay.
Been degreasing and semi-glossing brackets.
Got the Magnum to LA bypass hose puzzle solved, figured out that an LA water neck is too big and I meed one from a SB Ford. Modified the 14 x 3 air cleaner to fit over my new Demon carb and make my old throttle/kickdown stuff work.
My poly front suspension arrived yesterday. On the workday eves I only get a couple hours in, Last week was vacation, remember. More updates this weekend.
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Re: 360 swap day 3 today. update PICS!
[Re: Just Cameron]
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08/06/09 11:59 PM
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Looks great!!!!! So if I read right you are going from a 318 to a 360? You bought a new torque converter for the trans right? Ah you probially did. Looks great and great work
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Re: 360 swap day 3 today. update PICS!
[Re: TX9H6E4CUDA]
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08/07/09 12:18 AM
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The drivetrain was upgraded back when I swapped the 318 to a 4 bbl. I have the MP 145K converter with a 1st of 2.74 and a 2nd of 1.54. I am running a 3.21:1 rear Tire diameter = 26" Cam is a comp hyd. roller 264/270-480 I will have to find the part #'s of the pistons I ordered to remember the compression, I kept it pretty tame, either 9:1 or 9.5:1...I forget which. Eventually I plan to not have a torque converter at all, via a 3rd pedal so I doubt I'll buy a higher-stall converter right now. 
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