1970 Dodge Dart 318 upgrades

PikaPhantom said

Well right now the goal is just to make it daily driveable and keep it that way. I guess this is more of an engine refresh than a complete rebuild. I am not wanting to get out of hand with high end performance parts but in my head I figured it would be better to a camshaft replacement now with something that would make the car run better rather than go through the trouble of pulling the engine apart again in the future and replace it if it should come to that.

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Well, the cams duration @.050 is 212. It can use the stock converter no problem and the “Hwy. gears” are a bit steep for it but more than likely, passable with the stock tire size.

In all honesty if I was going to use that cam, I’d like to use at least a 3.23 gear ratio. The 2.94 might be passable. If you have the 2.76 ratio, well, I don’t think I’d use that cam. I’d look for one cam size smaller.

Other than that, a factory 4bbl. carb and intake would do very well. Dual exhaust off of the stock manifolds would be very good to do. Install an AB pipe if possible.

Once all of those parts are in place, it should run very well and be a pleasure to drive.