Broke Open My Engine -- Updated 9/3/2006
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RE: Broke Open My Engine Today
ORIGINAL: VWandDodge
I'm sorry. I must have my transmissions confused. I believe the gas engine is mated to the 46RE, as you stated. I'm trying to find someplace I can get the rebuild kit and shift kits, but I'm coming up dry.
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No worries. I can scramble around in that engine bay with no problems. Sometimes it pays to be svelt 
Well, damn. I just called a local shop today and they said Magnum heads are prone to cracking like you all stated. I'm going to pull the heads and have them checked, but I'm debating on whether I should get the replacement Magnums (with the hardened seats) or if I should go with RT heads. I use the truck occasionally, so I don't see the added expense of R/T heads if they are $800 for a pair.
ORIGINAL: shott8283
42RE? aint it a 46RE?
if your doing headwork yourself.. look at some RR's free up some hp and mpg and are more durable then the stock steel stamped ones
did you decided to pull the motor or doing the work in the engine bay? assuming engine bay b/c your a tiny dude (no offense)
while your rebuilding that tranny get you a transgo shift kit,,, itll improve shifting and prolong the life on the tranny
goodluck with all those projects!
42RE? aint it a 46RE?
if your doing headwork yourself.. look at some RR's free up some hp and mpg and are more durable then the stock steel stamped ones
did you decided to pull the motor or doing the work in the engine bay? assuming engine bay b/c your a tiny dude (no offense)
while your rebuilding that tranny get you a transgo shift kit,,, itll improve shifting and prolong the life on the tranny
goodluck with all those projects!
BTW - the tiny dude response
No worries. I can scramble around in that engine bay with no problems. Sometimes it pays to be svelt Well, damn. I just called a local shop today and they said Magnum heads are prone to cracking like you all stated. I'm going to pull the heads and have them checked, but I'm debating on whether I should get the replacement Magnums (with the hardened seats) or if I should go with RT heads. I use the truck occasionally, so I don't see the added expense of R/T heads if they are $800 for a pair.
here are a couple of sources for the tranny stuff...
http://www.apsprecision.com/
http://www.transmissioncenter.net/dodge.htm
and here is a source for the heads...
http://www.hughesengines.com/heads/hd_magnum_heads.asp
R/T's are $1250 bolt on ready... you could get bare castings and build them yourself cheeper (maybe)
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RE: Broke Open My Engine Today
tani im doing the same thing..ripping apart the top end..
i think steve has pics of how he "polished" the injector and plenum ports... looks good to me
ive heard good things from the aps guys for the tranny issues...
and there was a thread about the ramzilla trannys,,,that was the first time i heard about them..i cant find that trhead but if you search alitte bit you could prolly find it... the fella that got his tranny done with a ramzilla tranny said nothing but great things about it..
i think steve has pics of how he "polished" the injector and plenum ports... looks good to me
ive heard good things from the aps guys for the tranny issues...
and there was a thread about the ramzilla trannys,,,that was the first time i heard about them..i cant find that trhead but if you search alitte bit you could prolly find it... the fella that got his tranny done with a ramzilla tranny said nothing but great things about it..
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RE: Broke Open My Engine Today
Tore further into my engine and was not happy at what I found. First, I remove the fuel rail assy from the intake and found loads of dirt inside both of the fuel rail and a few of the injectors on the driver's side bank. I think someone removed it in the past and didn't replace the O-rings on top of the injectors.
Here is the passenger side bank with the head removed:
And here is the driver's side bank with the head removed:
Here is what the heads look like. This one is the driver's side head. I think I'm going to just bite the bullet and tear the engine down to the block. IIRC, cylinder walls are not supposed to have rust on them, and pistons should not be black. Even though I have the Haynes, which details the engine building procedure, can anyone recommend a good book for engine rebuilding? I have decided that I want to go with roller rockers for now, but other than that I want to stay stock. It will be interesting to see how the heads pan out.
Here is the passenger side bank with the head removed:
And here is the driver's side bank with the head removed:
Here is what the heads look like. This one is the driver's side head. I think I'm going to just bite the bullet and tear the engine down to the block. IIRC, cylinder walls are not supposed to have rust on them, and pistons should not be black. Even though I have the Haynes, which details the engine building procedure, can anyone recommend a good book for engine rebuilding? I have decided that I want to go with roller rockers for now, but other than that I want to stay stock. It will be interesting to see how the heads pan out.
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RE: Broke Open My Engine Today
ither go to your dodge dealer and get the oem book for your truck or downloat the one here for an 01 (i think the moter should be the same 97-01) its under the sticky thread called merry christmas..... at the top of the threds page
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RE: Broke Open My Engine Today
ORIGINAL: ryans590
ither go to your dodge dealer and get the oem book for your truck or downloat the one here for an 01 (i think the moter should be the same 97-01) its under the sticky thread called merry christmas..... at the top of the threds page
ither go to your dodge dealer and get the oem book for your truck or downloat the one here for an 01 (i think the moter should be the same 97-01) its under the sticky thread called merry christmas..... at the top of the threds page
