318 temp use

I'm quite expecting it to be between somewhat of a gutless wonder, and ok. From the posts above, that wide ratio 4 speed kills it even with 3.73s. A passon 5 speed is what it prob needs, but not in the cards. Headers are not gonna happen. I cant stand them. I got 68 340 manifolds, and will use them with an accurate exhaust. Prob flowmaster 40 series. All of which i will swap over to the 408-410 stroker. Yep, that will prob hurt its performance a little, but will appear stock which is the direction i was going for. Parts are hard to find in my neck of the woods, and demand a premium, soi will use what i got. If i had a close ratio 4 speed i would have concidered 3.23 or 3.55 gears, but this one fell in my lap with a bellhousing for $200 with good gears and synchros in it.

Now since i am just bench racing this idea as a means to get further along on the rest of my project using less money, with this being a 1 or 2 day affair to fix and put together, i am just wrapping my mind around this idea. Plus with everything else thats going on in my life, i may actually get to pull out that 318 thats in my car now as a mockup maybe sometime next year.

My projects always seem to end up as stillborn either from lack of funds, no time, or i just plain run out of "G.A.S." ( Give A ****). I got a half finished 88 shelby z turbo car i last touched in 2006. Its covered w dust and boxes. Got a rebuilt engine and trans sitting pickled w marine oil and all the holes taped up w aluminum tape to keep critters out.

So if your looking for a results of this soon dartnut, its prob not gonna happen. My whole point of this was what should i do to it on the cheap besides what i already planned on doing. I have the gasket kit, a water pump, seals, brass core plugs, a slightly used timing chain. I planned on getting a 3.9L V6 timing chain tensioner and an oil pump too. My gasket kit has felpro permatorques in it, should i remove the heads and take a peek? I know if i do that, its like rolling a snowball down a hill. I will end up sending the heads out, want to hone the cylinders, end up with an overbore, new rings, slugs, block deck etc, etc. Its that aircraft mechanic mentality i guess.Times like this i wish i had a borescope.