Thanks for all the input. Something to think about in other words. Getting my 318 heads to flow with new valves and springs etc.,
No, since you didn't mill the head or block. But it may be so if the cam is large. The lifter has approx..080 total adjustabilty and if the cam is getting larger, thats moving the space left over downwards. That turns into approx. .040. Somewhere around the .500 lift, this should be checked.Rumblefish if I replace the valves with the ones you mention and mod them as such do I need to change the rockers or pushrods to compensate at all?
YesAlso what your saying on the cheap is: Top end of a 360 on a 318...
Not really. Don't worry about it.should my cam choice be adjusted if I end up going that route (i.e. to simulate what one might choose for a 360 as opposed to a 318?
That would be a good carb to get because it has an electic choke on it. I don't know what it will take linkage wise to get it to work on a MoPar, but a little fiddling around and car crafting will get it working.Also, I can get my hands on a T-Q and I'm tempted but it's a stock F*rd model so the linkage isn't correct, is that doable?
I made an adapter plate (Ugly as fido shaved *** after a drunken hinght with horny sailors) that used a AFB electric choke set up on a T-Q. Again, it was butt asss ugly, but it did turn a choke well T-Q into a electric T-Q.
The performer with it's smaller intake runners are matched to the 318 head. You can use this on a 360. The larger ports on the 360 just draw off the small port window of the head well.Last but not least, how can the Edelbrock intake be a 'one size fits all" if the intake ports and the 318 heads and 360 heads are different sizes. They just make them big enough for a 360? Wouldn't that impare the performance that intake would give on a 318?
It does compromise the 360's performance some, just realize trhat it is build dependent. Mild builds are fine with a performer. But IF I was doing a 360 and had the cash for an intake and was useing a bigger cam than a stock 2bb. cam or 340 cam, I'd use a RPM or Stealth etc......
A performer will produce very high torque on a 360.
In that case I might just go for the stock 360 dual plane I've got, it may be heavy but if that's the only difference. Seems to me the Edelbrock probably flows better but how much. Put it this way, if you have a stock 360 intake on your 318 would you prefer an Edelbrock?
Hi velocity is the difference in the intakes and could be an easy tune of 30 ft. lbs without breaking a sweat.
Build dependent, yes, I'd go for a performer on a 318 without a second thought. Depending on how fast I want to go and what I'm willing to sacrifice in getting there is a different story compared to a street ride.
And that's alot of info you left out.
Here, food for thought ; http://www.geocities.com/alwest_83/318