Making power out of the 318

I would like to spend no more than 3000 but I’m really trying to build this as cheap as possible because I still have to buy a transmission and some other things for the actual car itself but it does run and drive right now with that little 225 slant
Well, then there's zero need for people telling you to swap pistons out and other heavy work. I would concentrate on getting what's there now running as good as possible. Run a compression check. If those numbers don't look good, then you need to make some decisions. If they do, then give it a good tune up if it needs it. You can easily put a performance curve in the distributor. If you cannot, we have a member @halifaxhops who specializes in that and he can fix you up. I suggest getting what you have there running as good as it can FIRST, before you make any changes. That way you have a good base line, you will actually LEARN SOMETHING about how to work on a d tune an engine.