Began cleaning & degreasing the engine
To prepare the 360 for a new coat of paint, I ordered the Hemi-Orange engine paint kit from POR-15. The kit comes with a cleaner/de-greaser, some primer and the hemi-orange paint as well as some gloves and brushes. After using the de-greaser and some wire brushes the engine just didn’t look great. I got a tip from a friend (thanks Fronk) about using Easy-Off. Tried that and it worked like a charm. It removed all kinds of dirt and grease and even paints. The block was cleaned and scrubbed with Easy-Off. Then I removed the old camshaft and lifters. I installed a new Mopar Perfomance Purple Shaft cam with new lifters as well as a new Cloyes double timing chain with gears.
