Help convince me to go BB in my Duster?

dude slap a friggin' 440 in that thang man!!!!!!

building a 318 is a waste of $$$ if you look at it from a dollar-per-hp standpoint because everything you can get for a 318 you can get for a 360 and end up with more HP due to the additional 42cu" and it doesnt seem like youre one of those guys that is specifically into 318s (of which there are definitely some, but even theyll tell you that it makes more "sense" to build a 360 if your main goal is making HP)

now back to 440 swaps...

- with the Schumacher conversion kits a 440 swap is completely a non-pain-in-the-*** kind of deal. You just have to make sure you buy the entire kit, not just the motor mounts. Even more true is this statement if youre talking about a "B" motor swap (383, etc)

- do NOT waste your time putting an 8-1/4 behind a 440 (ESPECIALLY if you plan on using a Big-Block A-Body for whats its good for) - youll break it in no time. An 8-3/4 is pretty much mandatory (unless youre putting the car together for the show circuit which it doesnt sound like thats what youre doing)

- that Roadkill episode where Dulcich has to butcher that header is completely non-relavant to your situation... Frieburger accidentally ordered those TTI headers not realizing they didnt work with an RB (440) block in an A-Body. The Schumacher headers that come with their kit work with a 440 AND power steering if you so desire. I can personally confirm that because thats what i have... a '70 440-Duster with their full conversion kit and it fits totally fine.

theres a zillion big block C-bodies and Trucks out there for cheap to use as a donor car so the availability is totally there and when youre talking about HP per dollar, any speed part you put on a big block will give you more HP / speed than putting that same part on a small block.

so unless youre building a "G-Machine" and youre gonna swap the motor anyway, the question really becomes why NOT go with a big-block swap?!?!?!

good luck!!!!!