Making power out of the 318
he's got a slant with an automatic, he's starting from square 1 with the whole trans/converter situation.
I realize that. But if he went 360 magnum and got the 96-up flex plate he wouldn't need the weighted converter.
And am I the only one getting sick n tired of seeing an OP asking about a 318 and members at large here, answer the "318 questions" with "find a 360"?
Maybe he wants to use what he has on hand. Nothing wrong with that. Just help him build the best 318 he can. In this thread or any other of the gazillions of the ads asking about a 318 around here.
Especially in a case like this.... 15 yo kid. Were losing the younger generation fast enough as us. This is a 1st engine build. He ain't gonna know how to do alot of what's needed, between what has to happen in a machine shop, and plain simple inexperience.
Help him build the best 318 he can for now and if he wants to do a different engine later whatever engine that may be) deal with that later. Now if somehow the block is deemed junk-- cracked, bored to the max already, or some other way "unusable" now that might change the story and the suggestions.
Get him the experience of building an engine and building it right without cutting corners first and "building one up" later. Not saying at all it has to be a "stone stock" engine for his 1st go round/ as many upgrades can happen going thru the exact same motions with that same engine, by picking the right parts.
For now something he can have fun with while gaining some experience. A healthy 318 will be stronger than a stock/6 in the 1st place.
Whatever CID engine were talking about, at the power level he thinks he wants in something like an a body, well be reading about his crash and burn... I don't want to see that.