No pretentiousness, no clean hands, no looking down on the young guys. Just grit, knowledge and telling it the way it is and making sure that its accessible to everyone. Respect Tony.

I'm mostly a Chevy guy. And I despise the LS. I'm into the original cast iron small blocks. With cast iron heads. I built dozens of them. I've raced them, I've built them for hot rods and daily drivers. Built right, an old school small block Chevy can make way more power than you might think, for those that don't actually know. Also, built right, and properly maintained, they can last practically forever as a daily driver engine. There is a reason the aftermarket is still making them.

LA valve pans on a magnum head... "Hello, sleeper." 😊

When Uncle Tony says F those cracks they don't matter, I believe him

It's funny because LS heads are like a windsor and cleveland hand a baby. Lol. You can even take LS heads cut one cylinder off each and mount them to a ford 300 6.

360 are some of the greatest sounding V8's ever created.

I was never a fan of the small block Mopar. It has all the idiosyncrasies of the small block Chevy, with no parts interchangeable. By idiosyncrasies I mean... a wet manifold, internal oil pump with filter under the engine, all accessories mounted to the water pump, and the rear mounted distributor. The Big Block Mopar was designed seeing all these issues, and they were addressed.

You all can have your LS I'll stick with my Fe Ford my big and small block Mopar and my big and small block Chevy

My favorite was ditching the giant stock starter on my 69 Dart for one of the tiny modern magnum starters.

Things are getting better for the newest Hemi. It's starting to get some more serious aftermarket support. It's unlikely to ever catch up to the LS in terms of what you can buy at any given price point and expect to make the most reliable power. The LS picked up the batton in this race handed off by the original SBC that just DOMINATED and is running away with it once again.

Thank you Tony, I know I have been bugging you for almost a year to do a side by side comparrison of an LA and Magnum.

Great explanation uncle Tony. Actually, better than great! I am always amazed at your memory and the knowledge you have retained. A walking Mopar encyclopedia! Thanks for the video.

Gotta appreciate how this was uploaded at

I've got a magnum 5.2 I've been thinking about upgrading. We need more input from the pros like you on what our options are.. you know, mild upgrades on up to major mods.. I really think that would be an awesome series that so many of us would appreciate! Either way, I love your channel, keep up the awesome content!

I’m in Western Australia, I’m a Cleveland guy but I love UT knowledge and look forward to every episode.

Great information again Tony! makes me wish I was still in the hot-rod, race engine shops. As a machinist I loved to hone cylinders and line hone engine blocks just as close I could! I'm old now, retired but I still would love to do it all over again...

This reminds me of the great magazine articles I used to read over and over again... Tony you're a legend. Thank you for being our guide. 🙂

I will probably never put an engine together but listening to this info is interesting. Good job as always Tony!

Thank you Sir for running this, it answers a lot of questions for me. For my 80 D150 I built an 88 360 roller engine . I had already rebuilt the 80 heads and tried to use them on the 88. The pushrods dragged on the openings where they pass through going into the block. Fortunately I was able to sell these heads for a decent price right away and got busy and cut the seats and valve faces on the 88 roller heads.

I've been running a LA roller cam long block using the 1986 2bbl factory fuel system & external electric fuel pump. Been daily driving/utility usage and does a great great job still.