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Re: And so it begins! 318 Poly to 360 LA Swap
Posted: Wed Nov 27, 19 11:47 am
by deppmobile
Engine bay wiring removed and getting the bay ready for cleaning. Likelihood is I'll take the opportunity to freshen it up with some satin black I have kicking around
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With the space to work, I'll also swap out the rear of engine hard brake line. Looks a bit crusty and better to do now, then I wont have to touch it again.
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The wiring loom is very crusty, so will probably just remake it all now it is out. I've been bitten before with these sorts of things - as soon as you touch them, breaks will appear that you'll never notice. A nice job for dark rainy evenings.....
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Re: And so it begins! 318 Poly to 360 LA Swap
Posted: Wed Nov 27, 19 12:53 pm
by Blue
Can I suggest you paint the engine bay body colour? It looks so much more betterer...
Re: And so it begins! 318 Poly to 360 LA Swap
Posted: Wed Nov 27, 19 2:13 pm
by mygasser
Blue wrote: ↑Wed Nov 27, 19 12:53 pm
Can I suggest you paint the engine bay body colour? It looks so much more betterer...
Agreed
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Re: And so it begins! 318 Poly to 360 LA Swap
Posted: Wed Nov 27, 19 9:12 pm
by deppmobile
Yeah, I think you guys are right.....
.....but that will add a lot of time to the job by the time I prep it properly, prime and paint. Black satin on black satin is quick and easy, and this is really about getting it back on the road. And everything takes me ages to do as it is!
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Re: And so it begins! 318 Poly to 360 LA Swap
Posted: Wed Nov 27, 19 9:22 pm
by Pete
Re: And so it begins! 318 Poly to 360 LA Swap
Posted: Wed Nov 27, 19 9:26 pm
by deppmobile
Found some aluminium lying around so made the pulley spacers it needs. Another job off the list and free as well
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Re: And so it begins! 318 Poly to 360 LA Swap
Posted: Wed Nov 27, 19 9:36 pm
by deppmobile
Re: And so it begins! 318 Poly to 360 LA Swap
Posted: Wed Nov 27, 19 10:09 pm
by graham fury
Re: And so it begins! 318 Poly to 360 LA Swap
Posted: Sat Dec 07, 19 3:44 pm
by deppmobile
Ball joint rubbers replaced - at least everything came apart easily as it was only 3 years ago since I replaced the ball joints and rubbers.....
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And the pitman arm ball joint is sh*gged so another order placed
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Re: And so it begins! 318 Poly to 360 LA Swap
Posted: Sun Dec 08, 19 9:35 pm
by MattH
Theyve gone like that in 3 years??
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Re: And so it begins! 318 Poly to 360 LA Swap
Posted: Mon Dec 09, 19 9:49 am
by Matt
Hi Gerry,
Quick point about those crank pulley spacers.
The pulley uses the centre register hole to locate itself, which is why it's a tight fit. Locating with the bolts alone might cause runout - just something to keep an eye on.
Spacers with registers are available (at a price)
http://arengineering.com/products/crank ... -38-thick/
cheers
Matt
Re: And so it begins! 318 Poly to 360 LA Swap
Posted: Mon Dec 09, 19 10:14 am
by deppmobile
Thanks Matt
As I was testing them I suddenly realised that.
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My logic at this stage is it should hopefully be good enough to get everything going, and then I can see how far out it is. My experience of setting up pulleys in the past is that you can never be sure you've got the right alignment until it's spinning at 1500rpm! Once I know it's right I'll get a proper spacer machined.
I'm doing the same with the engine mounts; they won't be pretty but more than strong enough to get it going and when I can be sure of the fit I'll then make them up properly.
What started out as a simple job 2 years ago just grows and grows......without the budget doing the same!
Re: And so it begins! 318 Poly to 360 LA Swap
Posted: Mon Dec 09, 19 10:16 am
by deppmobile
MattH wrote: ↑Sun Dec 08, 19 9:35 pm
Theyve gone like that in 3 years??
Yep, but others in the same batch are fine
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Re: And so it begins! 318 Poly to 360 LA Swap
Posted: Sat Mar 21, 20 3:53 pm
by deppmobile
The first nice day in a long time meant I could get back on this
I decided to pull the transmission out and freshen it up a little bit, then bolt it onto the engine and install it all in one go. That will allow me to test fit the headers (there is a modification to the the trans linkage apparently) and should make lining everything up a little bit easier.
Shame there isn't a show to have as a target
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Re: And so it begins! 318 Poly to 360 LA Swap
Posted: Sun Mar 22, 20 1:00 am
by RobTwin
deppmobile wrote: ↑Sat Mar 21, 20 3:53 pm
Shame there isn't a show to have as a target
Mopar Euronats............................................. 2021?
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