Best Years for the 318 LA?

George Jets said
'68 and '69 318s were the factory 230 hp 9.2:1 cr engines came with 2bbl carbs. Full floating rods, valve relief pistons .040 ths in the hole.

My favorite 318 to look for if the cylinder bores are not gone so you can reuse the good pistons.

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Then there are the '89 to '91 318 TBI roller engines. Also 9.2:1 with the flat top pistons and full floating rods. Also 230 hp. These came factory with the 302 closed chamber heads.

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Needs the adapter on the end of the cam snout to mount the fuel pump eccentric.

Both favorite 318 engines.

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Yah see. That's cool. I was wanting to use some Keith black pistons to bump up compression. And hotter cam. Intake and carb. Not much else. Besides the "normal items like timing chain. Bearings etc" just a solid reliable engine that isn't gonna be track used. Just used.