Help me build a 318!

Groovy this is exactly the advise I was looking for!

I was going to take the block and have it checked to see if it is usable with stock pistons (if I have to bore it I will and am looking for 9ish) and no matter what the rotating assembly will be balanced since it's a 4spd car.

The engine is out of an auto station wagon and had less then 100k on it when I installed it in the swinger last year.

It didn't smoke when I installed it but admittedly I beat the living crap out of it now. I blew the valve stem seals and got a smoking deal (no pun intended:violent1:) on rebuilt 302 heads so I installed them which took care of 95% of the smoking problem but it does still blow a little though It's hard to tell if it's blue or black when I am driving and I haven't had anyone follow me recently to tell me. It does use a bit of oil though (and leaks some too).



Thank you fishy68 for the advise on the cam and carbs, mostly I was thinking 340 cam for the fact that I can get a used one for decently cheap, I will keep my eyes open for a latter one. As for the carb I have a few vac secondary stock holly carbs that I rebuilt and put on the shelf so I will play around with them in the next few months to see what results I can get. I do have a sweet 450cfm primary 750 cfm secondary double pumper that I want to play with as well.

Good to know Southernman I am hoping to get a few more miles out of her but hey 318 blocks are plentiful!


Thanks for all the replies and please keep them coming!

I will let every one know how it turns out.