Ryan & Dione's 1974 Gold Duster 318

Hi Keith - I had some other more topical postings about the engine recently. I got a rebuild core for $100 on craigslist (so I could drive/move car during rebuild)

This was my first engine rebuild / engine swap. I learned A LOT.

I took the block to CarQuest in Northridge, and couldn't give Harlen any more praise for a job well done. 030 over on a thin-wall casting.

I took the cylinder heads to a more specific cyl head shop in Northridge as well, I severely overpaid for the shop's reputation, and didn't do anything I wanted to do the cyl heads (the series of 318 hipo build articles in Mopar magazines were guiding the build)

I know I left a lot of power on the table by not doing the heads right....

Other than running a little hotter than I would like, engine is going strong. Definitely way more pep than blown out old 318 I took out (bent pushrods, stock internals)

Will get pics up asap. Thanks!