Re: 359 Noisy Lifters

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2023/7/6 13:20:58

Regardless of which head you ultimately pick, if you can locate one (chances slim to none) one of the extra thick export head gaskets would give some very slight relief. But just plain forget about using doubled headgaskets - quick failure pretty much guaranteed.

My own experience with a 359 goes back to the 1970s. I used a Dremel to get a little more volume in the head over the valves using a 327 head from a 1951, and in order to keep the ping down to a barely tolerable level ultimately had to retard the timing, rework the distributor centrifugal advance, and use super premium fuel.