Help me please tryin to beef up 318
okay so what would be the consequences of me putting the 360 heads on with a really thin gasket?
from the 650 carb performance intake plus the cam and headers im getting would i have a chance against that 5.0?
sorry if im just running around in circles and if it means anything to anybody onces i graduate college and have started my career im going to pull the 318 and probably put in a big block
If I was stuck with this choice, here is how I would try to make the best of it: Based on working through the numbers, if you got a low duration, moderate lift cam like the Lunati Voodoo 10200700, install it with 2 more degrees cam advance than how it comes ground,
AND shave the 360 heads by .050" with that reeeeally thin head gasket, you will be a little bit better off for compression ratio than with the stock 318. So that won't make the low end torque any worse, and the cam and heads and other added parts on the intake and exhaust will breathe better in the mid range and upper RPM. At least you will have more lift than stock to use some of the breathing of the other parts. Try to afford that good multi angle valve job.
Not a world beater by an means but should be better and funner. And it will work with your stock TC and get good gas mileage. And I would not even bother if the 360 heads were not shaved .050":pukel: I would stick with the 318 heads in that case, and maybe look at 1 step up in cam. In that case, though to top end will be more restricted.
Any idea what rear gear ratio you have?
BTW, 2 degrees added cam advance is a simple woodruff key change on the cam snout, BTW.
6 to 7 years to that big block will be a loooong time. Good luck with it....!
