318 timing chain.....and why the engine should come out.

The taper is gone on the rings.....but they are really clean on the lands......at least as I can see. I can get a picture.

The engine pulled 20 vacuum and had decent compression.
The cylinders have the lines on them from all the garbage that was run through the engine.

I’m sitting here tossing around both. Honing and re-ring or just putting them back in there as they didn’t smoke.

If I do put them back in there.....will it be as if I never took them out or will it be one of those things where I disturbed something and the engine is gonna smoke like hell??? I will probably drive this car maybe 1000 miles in the next 5 years. If it stays not smoking between now and then it’s fine.

I found one bad valve leaking pretty bad. The heads needed to come off.

The engine I want to build is sitting in the garage. I like the 68 block better than the 72. I think the metal is better but I really don’t know. It's what ive heard.

The 76 block has thinner cast walls and can’t be bored out far before it becomes a yard block.

The 68 motor is basically in ruin right now. It had a bent push rod and smoked a little so I never ran it. That and it has soft valve seats.

If I was putting a bunch of money into one it would be that one.
......however....
Off topic....
The machine work for a 340 is just as much as it is for a 318 and they go up in value when they are done right. The 318 gets no respect.

I will say this....the subject.....timing chain and why the engine should come out was right on. At least in my case. That chain did a lot of wear and tear.