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The Tex Smith book is good, but a bit thin on DeSoto. Lifters..According to Leo Lundquist's parts number books it seems that lifters can interchange between the series. It is generaly accepted the lifters for the pre 68 383/413 will work on all hyd. Chryslers. Doc Fromader on Webrodder used LA 318 l...

426 dist. is in the front, early Hemis they are in the rear. If rear dist., there is a pad in front of valley pan that should have a code stamped in it.

54 heads on the earlier block is a normal up grade.

The "conversion kit" is a piece of tubeing that matches the o.d. of the shaft & 2 roll pins. If you have the original dizzy measure the lenth & extend the 318 to match, if not you will have to do some carefull measuring.

The 1st batch are Chrysler, the 2nd batch are DeSoto, & the 3rd batch are Dodges. Check hothemiheads.com

if the 1st 354 is1323335 that's correct. the last 354 # doesn't show in my ref. the other 354 #s are right

check Doc Fromader's 315 build on Webrodder. Get Tex Smith's Hemi book, it doesn't have as much Dodge as it does Chr., but it helps. Talk to Bob Walker at Hot Heads. The 241 is a low deck hemi. Cams don't interchange between high & low.

HP Books "how to rebuild small block Mopar Engines" by Don taylor & Larry Hofer"

#s match up to a 331 Chr. 2 bl truck motor.

.125 is considerd the max. I've heard of a guy in Australia going out to 4" , hopefully a filled block drag motor!! Easiest thing would be '54 heads & intake.

There may be #s on a flat in front of the valley pan. There are #s between the head & valley pan, pass. side rear.

Tex Smith's book has a photo of what's supposed to be an Edelbrock 6X2 cross ram.

Some adaptors for the long tail blocks are on the market, or you can cut off the extension, then bolt & weld a short tail adaptor to the block.When they raised the deck on the 392 they adjusted the heads, adding to the heads where the intake bolts on. You can then bolt any intake to the 392. How...

The OEM set up had air blowing directly into the oil fill cap, & suction of air passing the road draft tube to suck it out. I'm not shure you can "ram air" too much air into the crankcase or not. If you shielded it from direct path of the air that might give a clue.

obviously there is more pressure going in that coming out.What about a Mopar fuel filter. Cut one end off & put a grommet in it for a push in PCV valve?

Bob Walker @ Hot Heads sells the PCV adaptors. Give him a call & see what one he uses.

Did you try sucking on the system to make shure it flows, & are you shure it's connected to a vacuum source?

I was looking @ a NAPA book once & it seemed to show the 354 points as being mirror image of the 331/392 points. Didn't make sence, don't know if true. As said above you would be best off getting a new dizzy for a 318 of the type you like. The "adaptor kits" used to "convert"...

The usual commemts the '51-'4 front cover has less clutter than the ind covers. Generaly recommended to replace the cam w an automotive one. If it's block only go ahead & get auto heads & intake.

The 331 & 354 have the same stroke. For many years a GM stick was the only adaptor available, there are some other choices now. The donor car has rear gears of 3.33 or 3.55, 3.33 most likely. You can bore out to 354, but that is a max overbore, & if there isn't much internal rusting of the c...

My understanding of the situation is that the valve stem runs up to the chamber. Oil can't go up on its own do to gravity,so there is no need for a seal.

Tex Smiths Hemi Book has some usefull stuff on Dodges. Check out Doc Fromader's 315 build on webrodder, some of it is aplicable to yours.

The -7 may change what it is, can't seem to find the # w the -7. The holes on my 331 are about 9" apart. Go to parts store & measure a SBC water pump, if simular width it would seem to be a Dodge or maybe a DeSoto block. Does the heads fit? If they dont that would confirm quickly. DeSoto he...

That # w/o the -7 is 354. Standard bore is 3.9375. You'll need to get someone to mike it to know exactly what your situation is. A1 is the foundry that made the block. There is a flat @ the front of the vally pan, if legible there is a code that tells what it was. which water holes we talking about?

head# is for 354