18,000 orig. mile 318 build

Is this the red Aspen down in Luray VA? Just purely curious....

The Weiand SBM intake is not too pricey and has the slightly smaller port size that matches the 318 heads better, I do believe.

JIMHO for cams......If 'twer me with a pure stock setup in the trans and rear, I would go with the Crane H204/286 stump puller cam; it is the 1st one listed at the top of their catalog page 158, the HR-204/286-2-12 IG, and no more than the one below it on that page, the HR-214/325-2S-12 IG.

Another I would look at is the Lunati Voodoo's, either the 10200207, or the 10200260. The latter has 5 degrees of advance ground so will help low end torque.

Put in a new timing chain when in there. If you get the Crane cam, get one of the chain sets that have the +/- 4 degree cam setting in the crank sprocket, so you can easily advance the Crane cam to +4 degrees advance. (I do believe the above Crane cams do not come with any ground-in advance but I have not cheked that in detail.)

A 600 or 650 cfm vacuum secondary carb would be my choice.

The distributor timing work as mentioned will be an important thing to do; it will be some effort but can be a very good back-for-buck change.