Magnum fuel injection on LA block
#11
If I were in your shoes, and wanted to get my feet wet (pardon the pun)... I'd get an 80s mirada or cordoba and build up a 360 Magnum engine, skip all the electronic nonsense/obstacles of the truck.... leave the truck for what it is, a utility vehicle, parts runner, etc. You aren't in the rust belt, so you should have a good selection of candidate vehicles. Not sure why you are having trouble sourcing the magnum, I trip over those all the time here. Maybe expand your search to pick-n-pulls. Put a warmed up 360 in for cheap, and sell it off for a profit once you've had your fun.
Have a look at this article...
https://www.hotrod.com/articles/buil...t-block-cheap/
Have a look at this article...
https://www.hotrod.com/articles/buil...t-block-cheap/
#12
#13
If I were in your shoes, and wanted to get my feet wet (pardon the pun)... I'd get an 80s mirada or cordoba and build up a 360 Magnum engine, skip all the electronic nonsense/obstacles of the truck.... leave the truck for what it is, a utility vehicle, parts runner, etc. You aren't in the rust belt, so you should have a good selection of candidate vehicles. Not sure why you are having trouble sourcing the magnum, I trip over those all the time here. Maybe expand your search to pick-n-pulls. Put a warmed up 360 in for cheap, and sell it off for a profit once you've had your fun.
Have a look at this article...
https://www.hotrod.com/articles/buil...t-block-cheap/
Have a look at this article...
https://www.hotrod.com/articles/buil...t-block-cheap/
#14
http://utawesomeperformance.com/stor..._Camshaft.html
#16
that's the plan. here is the cam ive been looking at
http://utawesomeperformance.com/stor..._Camshaft.html
http://utawesomeperformance.com/stor..._Camshaft.html
#17
here she is. paid 1000 for her. 4wd didn't work, barely ran, needed new y pipe. leaking motor oil and transmission oil. the transmission had been recently rebuilt so it does shift nice. I need to do the check ball delete or whatever its called.
so far I've done the plenum, replaced all fluids, new rear main seal (thing was gushing oil), valve cover gaskets (leaking a little also), new tranny cooler line (side effect of trying to fix the leaking fittings) fixed vacuum (which fixed the 4wd) and 02 sensor issues so she runs pretty good now and doesn't leak except a little out of the front CAD. whoever had it before did some custom exhaust work and the o2 sensor was up against the transmission pan...face palm.
so far I've done the plenum, replaced all fluids, new rear main seal (thing was gushing oil), valve cover gaskets (leaking a little also), new tranny cooler line (side effect of trying to fix the leaking fittings) fixed vacuum (which fixed the 4wd) and 02 sensor issues so she runs pretty good now and doesn't leak except a little out of the front CAD. whoever had it before did some custom exhaust work and the o2 sensor was up against the transmission pan...face palm.
#18
do you have any off hand RV suggestions? im not necessarily dead set on this one, but I was following some facebook groups awhile back of people who were happy with them.
Cams really are a little out of my wheelhouse
#19
"factory valvetrain" was very attractive to me also...