318 stroker builds

Glad to hear your thoughts on the forged pistons. The kit we were looking at had hypers but could get forged for another 175.00. Done been down that road with kb 107's. I filed the top ring gaps to .030 and after 10,000 miles lost the ring land at the valve relief with 32 degrees total. Running on 89 octane with 9:5-1 compression.

I was also wondering about the crankshaft, would like to save all we can but don't want to deal with a broken crankshaft. The car does have a manual transmission and might go down the drag strip a few times but will be completely streetable. Not sure on the gearing either 3.55 or 3.73 depending on what he decides for tires.

The heads are 308 castings. Going to blend the bowls and clean the runners a bit. Was going to stay with 1.88 and 1.60 valves. But larger intake valves are not out of the question, maybe 1.94's. Thanks