Cheap 318 build questions

Garrett Ellison said

318 high swirl roller motor or early 90's magnum runner with an edelbrock performer and an HEI conversion with factory electroic distributor. Put it in and go!

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That’s basically what I did when I raided my daughters wrecked ‘00 Durango. I grabbed the 5.9, installed a RPM intake, 600 cfm carb, old electronic distributor fired by a Chrome box and added headers w/2-1/2 exhaust piping. I used a trap door air cleaner and I was done.

Simple, effective, an excellent example of pirating for re use in an older machine. An easy 300 hp engine.
(Or right close to it.)
I had to use a B&M flexplate for a neutral balance converter and a electric fuel pump.