67/68/69 cuda dilemma
I had done some sandblasting work as a favor for a guy I'm friends with who's into MoPars. Anyways after bringing some blasted parts back to him I asked what he had in the way of a "free eighteen" or in a substantially reduced price 318 short block. Ask and you will recieve. Went and picked it up today. A free 1977 vintage 318 short block. Not sure if 318willrun will like my thread when we get into the rebuilding aspect. It's going to be a 9.7-1 CR teener with a 600 AVS, 68 340 cam, 68 340 exhaust manifolds, and GM HEI fired chrysler distributor. Gonna be a nice engine. For now when I get to it, we will take it apart and the block will be a mock block for the 42RH trans. Everybody who's gonna say, dump it, put a 360 in it. Please dont. The plan for my sons car has always been a performance minded 318. It's going to have plenty of power and with the gearing it will be plenty of fun for a teenager. Ya cant beat free. Plus dont overlook those 1968-1972 teeners either. You can get those cheap to free if the one who has it doesnt know what they have. They have really thick casting walls. Most will take an overbore to 4.010" and be turned into a vaunted 340 albeit without the 340 casting numbers on the block.
I had done some sandblasting work as a favor for a guy I'm friends with who's into MoPars. Anyways after bringing some blasted parts back to him I asked what he had in the way of a "free eighteen" or in a substantially reduced price 318 short block. Ask and you will recieve. Went and picked it up today. A free 1977 vintage 318 short block. Not sure if 318willrun will like my thread when we get into the rebuilding aspect. It's going to be a 9.7-1 CR teener with a 600 AVS, 68 340 cam, 68 340 exhaust manifolds, and GM HEI fired chrysler distributor. Gonna be a nice engine. For now when I get to it, we will take it apart and the block will be a mock block for the 42RH trans. Everybody who's gonna say, dump it, put a 360 in it. Please dont. The plan for my sons car has always been a performance minded 318. It's going to have plenty of power and with the gearing it will be plenty of fun for a teenager. Ya cant beat free. Plus dont overlook those 1968-1972 teeners either. You can get those cheap to free if the one who has it doesnt know what they have. They have really thick casting walls. Most will take an overbore to 4.010" and be turned into a vaunted 340 albeit without the 340 casting numbers on the block.
