302 heads for 318

Long story short.Heads and cam won't show a huge jump with out the carb but the carb won't show a huge gain without a better exhaust.You have to move more air IN and OUT to get a huge gain.But doing the heads and cam is fine but adding the 4bbl and headers will show up better.Keep in mind the pistons are a big HP killer in the 318.If you put the 2bbl back on try not to over jet it as you want the A?F ratio to be right more than just throwing jets at it.

Exactly. When I did mine I bought a piece at a time until I had everything, cam with accessories, headers, intake and carb.

Installed everything, broke the cam in properly and let er rip.

And if you are doing a cam swap, might as well throw a new water pump on it too while you are there.