>Do you know of any heads for our trucks?
>Would the ones for the older (carburated) 360's work, you can get some of
>those style from edelbrock and they are aluminum and stuff.
>Bill
>'97 SS/T
I haven't come across anyone making heads for the magnum 360. I'm going
through the SEMA links to see what performance items are available for
the magnums. I'll let you know if I find anything.
There are two major differences between the heads for the older 360 and the
magnum 360.
First, the magnum 360 is a hydraulic roller cam engine which enlarged the
pushrod
hole and increased the pushrod angle. Swapping in the older head would
result in
pushrod interference. The other big difference is the rocker arm
configuration.
The original used shaft-mounted rockers which were oiled by a passage through
the block and head passage that entered the shaft, where the oil was
distributed.
The magnum head uses stamped rocker arms that ride on fulcrums which means
the head uses pushrod oiling, where oil travels up each pushrod to oil its
respective rocker arm and fulcrum.
Hope this wasn't too long or technical.
Bob
Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Current: 97 CC Sport,5.2L,3.55SG auto.,4x2,Gibson dual,KN
96 Grand Caravan ES,3.3L
85 Shelby Intercooled Turbo Charger,2.2L,4-spd man.
78 customized B100 with '69 340-4bbl,3-spd auto.
70 Challenger,383-4bbl,slap-stik auto.,3.23SG,hemi orange
Past: 71 Road Runner,340-4bbl,3-spd slap-stik auto.,3.23SG
70 Duster 340-4bbl,3-spd auto.,3.23 SG
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