Help with building a bit more power in to the 318

NorthernSwede said

So what kind of power could you expect if I ran it the with the above tweaks? Ofcourse the water problem is beeing taken care of, that's the whole reason for tearing it down. Sure but according to those "400 horse 318" articles. One of them were using 302 heads, wich of course have smaller chambers and so on, would I be better of with a pair of 302's with 360" size valves and porting?

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Don't know what size valves come on the 302 heads, but i'm sure they'll be plenty big enough for the 318, you could run some FT pistons close to 0 deck (shoot for 9.5.1), a nice cam/intake/carb setup, headers, good exhaust/ignition, this should make for a decent strong running 318, but with that said, for the $$$ spent you could just get a 360, unless your really wanting to stay with a 318.