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Spoken by someone with experience and I much agree for the most part.

My thoughts exactly. Regardless Todd bought the motor and it is now in the hands of his machine guy going with a different rotating assembly. He is still going to run the cam, intake, and heads. Thanks for the input ladies. Dakota

So I have been warned. Nothing a set of thicker head gaskets can't handle though.

Going off of what I have heard from several other people. Including my machine guy who has seen the same setup before.

http://www.allpar.com/mopar/318.html

Over about a year I put $1400 into the heads alone with the cost of the heads plus the machine work I had done. I only sold it for that cheap so I could get out of the small block stuff since I am going big block and only need ONE project. :burnout: Not only that, I wanted the motor to go...

Moly rings. I THINK it was a "King" branded bearing set? Been awhile. And milled .040 J heads on stock pistons 8:1 comp? I guess I am failing to figure out how 2 people have come up with that ratio? Dakota

40 thousandths off the heads and 8:1 comp? An 81 5.9 comes with ADVERTISED 8:1 stock. Realistically speaking it probably had 7.1:1. milled that much would jump to around 10 or 11:1 comp.

Read that link. It is about getting 400+ hp with a 318 using new gen magnum heads and a little decking. VERY cheap build but great outcomes. I think 400 horse with 450 ish ft lbs of torque would be more than enough to play around town with. Dakota

What are you using the car for? Street/strip? Weekend cruiser? I don't know where you guys are living but here in Oklahoma, 450 hp is more than enough for the streets. This is a great read and a great explanation where the 318 was lacking. Basically compression boost (decking) vs. Head flow...