be patient,i have a 360 in my truck that was stuck,i took off the rockers,sprayed trans fluid and pb in the spark plug holes,tried to break it free with a big bar on the crank.i pushed and pulled on it for 10 days every morning.i then tried tapping the starter and it moved a little.after another week of tapping the starter,it moved a total of about 6 inches.i then tried tapping the starter WHILE pushing on the bar on the crank at the same time and it started spinning and spitting fluid out the spark plug holes. engine starts right up and runs good.

i have a friend who has been a bracket racer sense 1980.he is one of those guys who can take his trans out between rounds and go through it and put it back in and run the same time next round.true bracket racing professional.he has a ford truck he uses to haul his car to the track,390 powered.he blew a heads gasket on his truck at a race earlier this summer.i walked over and looked and he had taken one head off without taking the intake off and replaced the head gasket and put it back on and its fine.i did not know this was possible but not idea for sure.anyone ever try anything like this?

Why not develop new stuff,the fe was a winning performer.i love seeing it brought into the 21st century.

i took my 850 apart and cleaned it,and i put a new set of NGKs in it.fired it up and it run like crap,backfire,no idle,awful.i thought i might check my msd plug wires with my ohms meter.and half of my wires were dead.i got a old set out and found enough good ones to make 8 total.fired it up and it ran like a top.smooth,crispy.i ordered a new set from summit last week,they were out of stock on the ones i tried to order,the sales rep suggested another set and sent me the wrong ones,they had male ends on dist end,and they dont fit the male ends on my MSD dist cap.i wondered why he asked my engine size,he must have looked up a set for a stock distributor.

i have over 500 dollars just in ARP studs in my 433.i have them every where except valve covers and oil pan.

same here ,i unbolt the idler and i can twist and move the starter till itr comes out.i have replaced my starter at least 5 times over the years with hooker supercomps.first couple times i unbolted the header,last 2 or3 times i just unbolted the idler arm and fished it out.

does de burring help much,would you want to do that first if it has not been done already.