Dragonbat13
Well-Known Member
Ok, I got this lump in my car. Its a 318. I had thought the engine was gone, but apparently its still in there and just needs a crank. Gonna find out in a few weeks.
But anyway, I want to try and fix it. I dont think its gonna be a problem with the crank. All its gonna do is move the car around. But if I can get it to run decent I will.
So it has 302 heads on it, but the intakes were opened up to 360 gasket size. And its not the best opening up. The runners sorta look like some inlets to velocity stacks. A real heavy, rounded pinch all the way around the port.
My question is, should I use a ebay special performer intake that has been opened up to 360 size, or just slap a stock one on and have the funky overlap between the ports? After all the overlap isnt going against the flow, the small side would be upstream.
I have also considered getting something like that putty epoxy steel stuf and replacing the material, then just filing down the gasket surface and using 360 gaskets to keep the sealing surfaces on the original metal of the heads.
I know the 302 heads arent that great, but I though about using super thin head gaskets to raise the compression and get a little more quench out of them.
But anyway, I want to try and fix it. I dont think its gonna be a problem with the crank. All its gonna do is move the car around. But if I can get it to run decent I will.
So it has 302 heads on it, but the intakes were opened up to 360 gasket size. And its not the best opening up. The runners sorta look like some inlets to velocity stacks. A real heavy, rounded pinch all the way around the port.
My question is, should I use a ebay special performer intake that has been opened up to 360 size, or just slap a stock one on and have the funky overlap between the ports? After all the overlap isnt going against the flow, the small side would be upstream.
I have also considered getting something like that putty epoxy steel stuf and replacing the material, then just filing down the gasket surface and using 360 gaskets to keep the sealing surfaces on the original metal of the heads.
I know the 302 heads arent that great, but I though about using super thin head gaskets to raise the compression and get a little more quench out of them.