318 with 360-587 1.88 heads

moper said

If the goal is saving money and a running engine, suck it up and just deal with what you have. Put the small summit branded cam in it, sell the rest, and keep away from paying for milling, shims, or other rigging. It will be fine with a smaller cam, and plenty fun with a stick. Then you can keep the family, drvie teh car, and hopefully the house over the long term. Priorities man...

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Priorities are good, but I always say this about my car obsession: you can live in a car but you cant drive a house! lol He's right though, sometimes you just gotta suck it up. I have a 318 in my duster right now. I didnt set out to build the worlds greatest 318, and when I bought it it was mis-represented to me. But its 7.75:1, .040 over, balanced bottom end that I reringed and bearinged, summit .441/.441 cam, mid 70's 360 heads that I gasket matched, bowl blended, and lapped the valves in, stock rocker arms so you know Im not getting the full .441 lift, an rpm air-gap intake and a holley 3310. My duster weighs 3600 with me in it, has a 3200 converter and 3.91s. It wasnt fully tuned and ran 14.72 at 92 mph. Not the fastest thing on wheels but it runs on regular and more importantly it runs and i can drive it.