318 and 360 Magnum blocks are easy to find here.........;)
it's the early 318 and 360 LA series blocks that are hard to locate.
Ron-
01'Dakota Sport 3.9 4WD
Street,Strip,and Show!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Cellana" <acellan1@tampabay.rr.com>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 12:12 PM
Subject: DML: Re: Re: RE: Re: Re: Re: Re: Pre-Mag 318
>
> OK, guess you haven't tried to find a Magnum 360 block in awhile ;-)
> TonyC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ronald bruce taylor,jr <taylor9565@msn.com>
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
> Date: Saturday, January 10, 2004 9:20 AM
> Subject: DML: Re: RE: Re: Re: Re: Re: Pre-Mag 318
>
>
> >
> >That was my point, why bore a 318 that much, when a 360 block is fairly
> easy
> >to find......or just stay with a .020 or .030 over bore
> >and make due with 390 ci.
> >
> >The additional 12 ci is not worth the risk of a hot running engine due to
> >thin cylinder walls, and not being able to get 1 more rebuild
> >from the casting should something go wrong.
> >
> >Pre-'76 318 castings are getting very hard to find that are in good
> >enough
> >shape to re-use.
> >
> >on another note.......Those stroker assemblies look like they may be set
> >up
> >for racing only......NO STREET USE may have been intended.
> >
> >Ron-
> >01'Dakota Sport 3.9 4WD
> >Street,Strip,and Show!
>
>
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