Author: cmrris

Bad Camshaft

I have a 360, running magnum heads. The first time I had this engine together, I got about 800 miles before a lifter completely wore through. I would’ve checked it out before it wore a hole if I had…

Why is my timing so high

I have a 360, bored .060 over, eagle rods Keith Black pistons magnum heads, new everything. I had a Mopar purple cam in it originally, and the timing ran way advance- around 30 initial and 50 or so…

Timing issue

I recently built a 360, la block with magnum heads, front cover and accessories. It runs pretty good, except it likes timing to be about 34 initial and around 60 total, which has me extremely…

360 mains alignment

I have an la 360 I’m building and I noticed the first main bearing halves don’t line up on one side. I took the cap off and made sure that half of the bearing was seated properly and it didn’t make a…

Engine knock?

I have a 360 Magnum swapped into my 1980 volare, and the motor had about 150,000 miles before I tore it down and put in new gaskets and the like. I didnt rebuild it because it was in excellent…