Spare parts single 318 turbo build
I dug the block I'm going to use out of the store room. It was a 318 out of a 70 challenger. Customer wasn't happy with 350ish hp so I built him a 650hp 512 stroker. It's .030 over, had one bad bore that had a sleeve installed. Beyond that, pretty standard. If I recall, I gave him a $150 credit for keeping the block.
I stuck the crank in it and hung a set of plane jane 318 pistons that I had on the shelf. The rods bushed narrow 318 units. Looks like the piston is .084 down in the bore! Lol. I'll probably use a .039 compressed head gasket and I'm guessing 70ccs on the chamber volume. That equals roughly 7.8:1 static compression.... Little low but will be easy to toss 10-15 psi at it without worrying too much about detonation I suppose.
I saw several old boxes of piston rings with no part numbers. Hoping one of them will work. I also need to see if I can avoid doing a balance job. I'll do some weight comparisons and continue the rest on Monday.
I dug the block I'm going to use out of the store room. It was a 318 out of a 70 challenger. Customer wasn't happy with 350ish hp so I built him a 650hp 512 stroker. It's .030 over, had one bad bore that had a sleeve installed. Beyond that, pretty standard. If I recall, I gave him a $150 credit for keeping the block.
I stuck the crank in it and hung a set of plane jane 318 pistons that I had on the shelf. The rods bushed narrow 318 units. Looks like the piston is .084 down in the bore! Lol. I'll probably use a .039 compressed head gasket and I'm guessing 70ccs on the chamber volume. That equals roughly 7.8:1 static compression.... Little low but will be easy to toss 10-15 psi at it without worrying too much about detonation I suppose.
I saw several old boxes of piston rings with no part numbers. Hoping one of them will work. I also need to see if I can avoid doing a balance job. I'll do some weight comparisons and continue the rest on Monday.
