318 rebuild for d200

318willrun said

Just be careful not to kill low end torque means it's in a D200.

• As mentioned, consider the 5.9 magnum. Many good running ones can be bought for 150-350. Just add 4bbl intake/carb and headers. With no cam work or rebuild you'd be way under the 1500 budget and have a nice pickup in torque and horsepower.
• If you are going to do the 318 regardless, I would consider magnum heads/rockers. You'd need pushrods and lifters that oil through. All of this is relatively inexpensive and offers great gain over stock 318 heads.

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Good info from the budget king above... A good j-yard 5.9 Magnum is the only thing so listed far that will meet the budget. And it will indeed run a lot better. I'd personally stick with the EFI setup, but either will work. The carbed setup is easier in some ways to manage and work on, but the EFI is better on fuel and engine durability. There is a subforum on FABO on the Magnum swaps IIRC.

And I don't have any thing against the 318 at all, it is just a lo-compression smog era slug that needs a lot of changes to be peppy.