New guy post

Based on my research, it sounds like 318s are a hot topic everywhere haha. My hot take on the matter is that if you want a car you’re gonna take to the drag strip or something then no it’s not worth building. On the flip side though, for my purposes I think it’s worth it because I can get all the power I’m aiming for from it with a lot of the same upgrades I’d do to pretty much anything I stuck in there. Also thanks for the thought about the transmission upgrades coming quicker potentially, I hadn’t thought about that!

Ha interesting! I don’t live on the internet but I’m on here a lot to get snippets. Funny how much buzz 318s are making. When we rebuilt my 318 in HS my 904 transmission blew up within a couple weeks. So I say it from experience.

Yeah you can get a 318 to 300-350 hp pretty easily and that’ll be plenty fun if it’s just a street cruiser. I’d suspect my 318 is 300 hp or so.

Also echo 4speeddragtop on the manuals and the drivability being primary focus. Having a slow car that drives nice is better than a broken faster car that isn’t safe to run.