318 question

Hoyt1234 said

Have a stock 1989 318 with 302 heads. Wanting to do a budget build and try to get to 300HP out of it. What would you guys suggest for pistons and cam? Just looking for something that's going to be a good running street motor, nothing elaborate. Thanks all

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Do a compression test. If you get over 155psi, IMO, don't even bother to open it up.
>Just put a 4bbl on it. If I had the Option, I would make it a spreadbore. and
>and a convertor with flash-stall, around 2800. Not 300hp, but, The torque will make you smile.
>Consider 3.55s plus or minus a tad
> you will need an LSD, a reprogrammed distributor, and a tach/rev-limiter.