Jeff Porcaro
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Well I haven't posted much since introduction, but I haven't truly had a chance to dive into the 68 Fury quite yet. I've mostly been removing pounds of Canadian farm and dealing with rust here and there. I'm currently waiting on some new hardlines to come in, then first order of business is full brake system rebuild, and go for a ride to see if putting some load on the engine clears anything up.
Keep in mind I'm a complete engine newbie here, but willing to learn and figure **** out. Any tips and thoughts appreciated. Video below shows smoke and what she sounds like currently. It fires up just fine with a new battery, but smokes the entire time it runs even after it warms up. Idle isn't great, and there appears to be some ticking going on...
Now my first thoughts from what I've read is that it could be the valve seals or piston rings. I do have a certain itch to try and make more power from this 318, and have tried to understand what can be done from bolt on options such as aftermarket cylinder heads etc. What is the general consensus on a practical approach for rebuild here?
I currently am talking to a local guy who has some '75 360 cylinder heads that look damn near new that I can pick up @ $400 for the pair. It seems if I'm going through the trouble of valve seals, a whole cylinder head swap for better performance isn't a hard sell? They show casting #3769974 for a 1975-1976, 360 LA-series small-block with 1.88/1.60 valves
Again, total newbie as to what this entails in relation to the pistons or compression ratio change. Looking for sound input to help guide me through all the youtube and internet fog lol
there's also a local guy selling a freshly built 360 soup to nuts that looks beaut for $3500 that is tempting...please stop me
Keep in mind I'm a complete engine newbie here, but willing to learn and figure **** out. Any tips and thoughts appreciated. Video below shows smoke and what she sounds like currently. It fires up just fine with a new battery, but smokes the entire time it runs even after it warms up. Idle isn't great, and there appears to be some ticking going on...
Now my first thoughts from what I've read is that it could be the valve seals or piston rings. I do have a certain itch to try and make more power from this 318, and have tried to understand what can be done from bolt on options such as aftermarket cylinder heads etc. What is the general consensus on a practical approach for rebuild here?
I currently am talking to a local guy who has some '75 360 cylinder heads that look damn near new that I can pick up @ $400 for the pair. It seems if I'm going through the trouble of valve seals, a whole cylinder head swap for better performance isn't a hard sell? They show casting #3769974 for a 1975-1976, 360 LA-series small-block with 1.88/1.60 valves
Again, total newbie as to what this entails in relation to the pistons or compression ratio change. Looking for sound input to help guide me through all the youtube and internet fog lol
there's also a local guy selling a freshly built 360 soup to nuts that looks beaut for $3500 that is tempting...please stop me
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