1975 Dart

It’s been awhile since my last post. Since then I have Knocked out the following:
- power steering fully functional again
- bled and adjusted all the brakes
- hooked up cooling lines for the transmission
- change the oil (I opened up the filter and did not find metal, thankfully)
- compression check (140lbs across the board)
- installed aftermarket temp gauge (have an oil pressure gauge to go in next)

In installing the new temp gauge I found out that the factory gauge is off by about 40–50 degrees. At some point I’ll pick up a solid state IVR to see if the factory one is bad (likely considering the age). The engine is only supposed to have about 55k miles on it, but there is a real good chance that it has the factory timing chain. Assuming I have good oil pressure when I hook up the gauge this week, I will then pull down the font of the engine and put a double roller on. Now to my dilemma, should I change out the cam when I change out the timing chain? The main reason I would not do it is because then I need to change the valve springs. Then I would probably pull the heads and do a home port like @318willrun did. I’m not sure I want to put that much work in a 318 that I will eventually swap out for a 360.