well, I went shopping this afternoon:-D
actually I went over to my Dads and dug around in his pile and came up with a set of closed chambered heads (the 302 heads are off for now), and an older Crane cam with 450 lift and 285 duration, at least that's what I think it is.
I'm thinking I'll go ahead and break all the rules for now and put the used pistons and the used cam and build this thing basically for free with the intention of finding a Magnum V-8 with a 5 speed and swapping out then. in the mean time a basic re ring of mixed used parts. probably run ok just may not have the total longevity it would if I did it right. it isn't going to be a race car, just my daily driver hopefully with a bit more pep than the tired slant.
so this is what I have at the moment
a decent standard bore 318 block with a .010/.010 crank
a set of 1968 9.2:1 pistons with full floating pins that are in really good used condition (9.2:1 with open chambered heads)
a set of closed chambered heads (should push the compression up over 9.5:1)
used but in good shape Crane camshaft approx .450 lift 285 duration (does anyone have the specs on older Crane cams?)
new roller timing chain
factory 273 4bbl. intake carb air cleaner setup.
and how much is this going to cost?
let's see, I bought 5 gallons of fresh cleaning solvent which came to about $25.00. I bought a trans filter and front pump seal, that was another $12 or so Dollars. I'll have to buy fresh oil and trans fluid. everything else is in stock. my uncle even has a valve grinder so that won't cost anything. so from a pile of parts to in the car running down the road under $100.00 to go from sick six to mild V-8! later I'll do it right, for now the 6 is so tired it uses about a quart of oil every 50 miles or so and the valves are so bad it has around 35psi in all cylinders.
P.S. I was just kidding about the Spalding dual point distributor I'll use the factory electronic setup. the Spalding isn't a magneto, just a dual point that fires each bank with it's own points and coil.
