Says they are rebuilt. Don't waste your money on rebuilt heads. Need new, better castings.

 

This. Exactly. Those are remanufactured. Not what you want.

 

WTF...sorry guys I must of passed over the "remanufactured" at the top.

 

I'm in the same position as you. Half done and low on cash. I've saved up another 1k and I estimate it won't be running until I have 2k more on top of that. At least it's cold out and I wouldn't swap it now if I could. lol Helps me forget about it for now.

 

Haha yeah, good ol' ND weather...I still have about another $800 to go before I'm done, I'd estimate.

 

Sorry for the late update but Wednesday I paid the machine shop and my block and crank are back at school! I also bought some break in oil additive, assembly lube, and Oddessa heads as well!

 

So, this might be a dumb question, but do you have to get the computer for a 360 when u do the swap from the 318? I found a place that will sell me a running engine for $500, but the wiring harness and computer are an extra $150. Im planning on doing this swap also.

 

Depending on the year of the donor, all you would really need is the PCM. harness should be the same 98-01. if the donor is 96-97, neither the PCM, or the harness will work.

99-01 will give you issues with the trans wiring.....

 

Well mine is a 98 and he can get one for any year, so the harness should be fine. I just need the PCM. Thanks HeyYou

 

tot64,
It has been talked about a lot on here. You need to keep your PCM from your truck. The quick and easy fix is to contact Hemifever and he will sell you a SCT tuner that you can use to reflash your PCM with the needed fuel parameters for the 5.9. Just google Hemifever and it will take you in the correct direction.