Well, I finally found a home for my forlorn little 318. My cousin has an '82 Dodge half ton 2wd with a slant six and wants to swap my 318 into his truck. I am going to be taking the disassembled engine to a local machine shop soon for inspection, and then we will know for sure what the build will entail. Some opinions/info regarding this build and swap would be appreciated.
1.) Tentative plan for the engine:
-stock (8.7:1) compression if it does not need an overbore, if it does: Kieth black flat tops with a little under 10:1
-port match the swirl port heads to 360 intake and exhaust gaskets; edge the combustion chambers
-hydraulic roller cam with 45-50 degrees overlap and .450 to .500 lift w/ matching springs
-Performer intake manifold or similar
-Mopar Performance electronic ignition
-Holley 600 cfm vaccuum secondary 4160 carb.
Sound good? Should I remove the valves before doing port work on the heads or leave them in place? Also, do larger valves need to be installed to necessarily make use of the port work, or will we still see benefits with the stock valves?
2.) The swap:
-reproduction 318 motor mounts (pretty easy to come by)
-It has an 833 manual trans. I know we will need a V8 bellhousing, but what else?
Thanks!
1.) Tentative plan for the engine:
-stock (8.7:1) compression if it does not need an overbore, if it does: Kieth black flat tops with a little under 10:1
-port match the swirl port heads to 360 intake and exhaust gaskets; edge the combustion chambers
-hydraulic roller cam with 45-50 degrees overlap and .450 to .500 lift w/ matching springs
-Performer intake manifold or similar
-Mopar Performance electronic ignition
-Holley 600 cfm vaccuum secondary 4160 carb.
Sound good? Should I remove the valves before doing port work on the heads or leave them in place? Also, do larger valves need to be installed to necessarily make use of the port work, or will we still see benefits with the stock valves?
2.) The swap:
-reproduction 318 motor mounts (pretty easy to come by)
-It has an 833 manual trans. I know we will need a V8 bellhousing, but what else?
Thanks!