...had a 318 in a 71 cuda one time long ago...traded a camaro for it,motor was fresh built came with receipts,..hot lil 318 would turn up 8,000 like butter!! anyways,..was out drinking an redneck'in,..out run my buddy's Z28 4 times,..smoked him any way he wanted to kick them....afterwards we was setting at old store out in the country finishing off the whiskey,..fired it up an started doing donuts round his slowmaro patting my roof,...them she went to spitting an a sputtering,...limped it back to the house,..figured timing chain jumped,..went got one next day put it in,...running fine,...got ready to go redneck'in that night,..took off an didn't make it to end of street it sputtering again,...after pulling timing chain on an off 4 times an it run good till id drive it an go sputtering,....said hell with it,..put battery back in my 340 4speed duster,..sold cuda way she sat,..ol boy came by next day driving it,..said one tooth on distributor was cracked off on end,an wouldn't jump a tooth till took off driving it...he put new gear on dizzy an ran fine,bought car back an drove it anutter year then sold it still running again...