318 timing chain.....and why the engine should come out.

The most I really want is a 262.
I haven’t gotten the heads taken apart yet. I cleaned them and painted them first so I wouldnt have to redo it after mild porting and messing with that valve.

I did a water test and it went right through so I know it’s not sealing. It has seated and isn’t burned up.

What I think I’ll do is lap it until it seals. For this particular build it should be fine. I’ll go slow until it seats better. Just enough.
If it’s screwed.....I’ll put a new valve in and seat that one to the original seat.

The 268 cam is way too much. The 256 cam sounds stock..might as well leave the 240 cam in there. I think I’m gonna stick with the stock one unless someone has a cheap 250-260 cam laying around. Doesn’t even have to have lifters.

I’d like a little sound to it and some low end is worth that. But not 268 low end sacrifice.

I’d run a 256 or so if I could get my hands on one just for the extra to run with the port and headers as opposed to the 240 stock cam but it might not be in the cards.

I have to do the transmission overhaul next and that’s killed the budget. It needed a torque converter and the front bushing so I’m just gonna throw a rebuild kit in there and hope nothing else is shot. I’m sure the clutch material could use some replacing. It’s 43 years old. Gonna wait to buy the kit until I get in there but the motor comes first. I’m not really a multitasker no matter how much I want to be.