lead69 said

I would have enjoyed it if they were sticking in a solid flat tappet cam and a good intake, it would be fun to see what it would do. Then throw some trick flows on and see the difference good or bad.

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Very cool thread,nice to see you document this for everyone.I ported a set of 318 heads for a street 360 build with awesome results.I ended up raising the legnth of the roof to the stock 360 port size and reworking the short turn and opening up the bowl to 90% of the intake.Also did the same as you on the exhaust side,original 1.78/1.5 but they did have a serdi valve job.The heads went on a stock 360 shortblock with an actual 8.6 compression,ported performer intake (360 size runners/mild plenum work) 600 holley,cheap headers and an xe274 and was a screamer,upper 12's all daylong with 3.23s in a 70 dart!.

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To the op I built a cheap 360 quite a few years ago with the same pistons as yours and home ported (nothing exotic) 318 heads with stock valves milled .020. I used a comp xe 274,thin head gaskets and cheap headers,performer intake and a 600 holley. Dam thing was good for high 12's in a dart with 3.23 gears and 245 60 14 tires,the 318 heads can be made to work its all about what you want to do. (Stock crank and pistons)

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That 360 ran like a healthy big block 383 with a 280 cam, it would roast the tires at 30 mph and was a beast from 2k-5k, shifted at 5,400 ran shitty times due to street tires but 103-105 mph. It did alot better than anyone would have believed including me lol.

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This engine ran like an animal and made low end like a 383,it pulled cleanly to 6k and made a ton of power,with 3.23s and a 904/2,500 stall it easily ran high 12 cars so I have no doubt it was a 12.80-12.70 combo with 3.91s at the track.

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