318 Dis-assemble & Assembled 1st time

The heads have been drilled and tapped to accept the LA styled intake. I borrowed a jig that has been circulating the country to perform the conversion. Worked out well.

I chose the Q-Jet 'cause I am the most familiar with them. Love the idea of really small primaries and large secondaries. Biggest problem has been keeping them filled with fuel. But I also installed a Carter Electric Fuel pump to solve that.

My goal is to get a good broad torque band from 2000-5000rpm with a peak HP of 325 @5500.

My compression ratio should be around 10.7-10.9. I am thinking of getting the valves ceramic coated or possible the chambers to thwart detonation. I have heard several times that the excellent quench and design of the Magnum heads allow these compression numbers if you use 93 octane. But I would hate to run it only to find out that the C/R is too high.