Alan,
I have talked to Edelbrock, Mopar Performance, and almost anyone I could
get to listen. Nobody
that I know of is even planning a manifold, let alone Magnum type
aluminum heads. So we work
with what we have. I did talk to Danny @ Crower today, they now have a
cam kit PN 73656PK,
the kit includes pushrods, studs, guideplates, and roller rockers (with
or without rails). He did say
that I could use the SB Chevy 3/8 - 3/8 stud instead of the standard
Magnum stud 5/16 - 3/8. I'll
be shipping a set of standard issue Magnum heads to Hughes Engines next
week. These heads
are actually better than most I have seen (very little runner shift
during the casting process - intake
manifold gasket alignment looks good). I'll post the flow numbers before
and after porting. Valves will
be standard size 1.625 exh. 1.925 int. but will be non-factory (better
flow). Intake will be port matched
and opened up for larger blades in the throttle body. the throttle body
will be opened up as large as I
can go without causing grief to the computer (TPS problems). After that
cam selection to match the
flow of the heads and the Vortech. Hopefully after the heads, I'll be
able to find a piston I like
(lower compression and live under the Vortech). All of the above should
fix the complaints that Hot
Rod expressed in their article. Then they will find something else to
fix.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mok, Alan (SPB Brentwood) [SMTP:AMok@spbank.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 06, 1998 2:14 PM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: RE: DML: RE: Re: What's Hot Rod's deal?
>
> Are there any aftermarket aluminum heads out there that will fit the
> Magnums? Edelbrock maybe?
>
> It would be awesome to take 50+ pounds off the nose and be able to add
> 6-8 lb of boost without retard.
>
> Alan
>
> '98 Dakota R/T (what? Not a Ford?)
> '89 Mustang GT (347, Griggs, S-trim and the list goes on...)
> '88 x-CHP Mustang LX (daily beatings from a teenager)
> Ducati 916 (someday)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Holloway,Frank T
> [mailto:Frank.T.Holloway@KP.ORG]
> Sent: Thursday, August 06, 1998 1:50 PM
> To: 'dakota-truck@buffnet.net'
> Subject: RE: DML: RE: Re: What's Hot Rod's deal?
>
> Even though in the article they tended to put a negative
> spin on the
> Magnum.
> Their points tended to be deadly accurate. You need to
> do a lot of work
> to get the
> heads to flow, lifts over .400 inch don't net you much.
> The intake
> manifold tends
> to be a real struggle. The rocker arms tend to be just
> OK (below 5,000
> RPM),
> shafts tend to flex less and are good for high RPM
> applications. On the
> good side,
> rod length, 6.123 in.(good for building power),
> excellent block and
> bottom end,
> excellent fuel injection, and the best looking Trucks &
> SUV's on the
> market today.
> I don't know about you, but I'll start with something
> that's pretty
> close to what I
> want and just make it better.
>
> Frank
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jim, Donna, Erin, and Brian
> [SMTP:leefam@wcc.net]
> > Sent: Thursday, August 06, 1998 11:50 AM
> > To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> > Subject: Re: DML: RE: Re: What's Hot Rod's deal?
> >
> > At 02:08 PM 8/6/98 -0400, you wrote:
> > >> I got my Sept issue of Hot Rod the other day. In
> the Magnum story
> > they
> > >> had, all they seemed to do was rag on the Magnum
> motor and it's
> > >> shortcomings (to them).
> > >
> > > OK, so what were the shortcomings?
> > >
> > > I like Petersen Publishing, but they have too many
> damned models
> > getting
> > >in the way of the rods. ;)
> > >
> > > Ron
> > >
> >
> > They said the heads only work well at low lifts and
> didn't respond
> > well to
> > porting. I thought Magnum heads were some of the best
> out there,
> > ported or
> > not. They also said that the rocker arm design was "a
> giant step
> > backwards" and that Chrysler changed from the shaft
> design to the
> > pivot
> > design because of "AMC influence" (and to save $$)
> from when Chrysler
> > bought AMC. I saw that as pretty much saying the AMC
> engineers were
> > dumb.
> > I thought the rocker arm comments were weird because
> it's the same
> > design
> > that's used on the Viper, right?
> >
> > I didn't see anything about the Magnum's advantages.
> Besides, if the
> > Magnum sucks so bad, how come they're easy to hop up
> and how come they
> > can
> > keep pace with the Mustangs and Camaros?
> >
> > Brian
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