1972 Scamp in New Zealand
Work on the scamp has been on the back burner a little bit lately. However a chap in my Hot rod club was in need of some 318 engine parts, so I removed the factory 2 barrel intel manifold and rebuilt carb, I could’ve stopped there but I was at a loose end so I decided to pull a head.
Looks like it’s had a pretty poor service history it’s fairly black and gunky inside
nothing seems overly worn however
Pistons have no markings to indicate being oversized
It has a small ring ridge which it to be expected, but a quick vernier of the bore (albeit on the ring ridge) shows 3.89”, stock bore should be 3.91” so looks to be stock bore
heads are standard open chamber heads. Factory sized valves 1.78” in 1.5” exh.
Obviously until I get it on the engine stand and drop the pants off there maybe a different story but at this point it looks like a good base to start a build with.
Work on the scamp has been on the back burner a little bit lately. However a chap in my Hot rod club was in need of some 318 engine parts, so I removed the factory 2 barrel intel manifold and rebuilt carb, I could’ve stopped there but I was at a loose end so I decided to pull a head.
Looks like it’s had a pretty poor service history it’s fairly black and gunky inside
nothing seems overly worn however
Pistons have no markings to indicate being oversized
It has a small ring ridge which it to be expected, but a quick vernier of the bore (albeit on the ring ridge) shows 3.89”, stock bore should be 3.91” so looks to be stock bore
heads are standard open chamber heads. Factory sized valves 1.78” in 1.5” exh.
Obviously until I get it on the engine stand and drop the pants off there maybe a different story but at this point it looks like a good base to start a build with.
