Stock 318 building with Justin
For those of you who don't know me by first name...I'm Justin, nice to meet you... I'll be your host and tour guide for a little back to basics budget stock'ish 318 rebuild for my brother in law. This motor is going into a ram charger, 1985 model, but it doesnt know or care and could just as easily go into a dart or valiant..so I'm sharing it here.
After reading the model year I'm sure a few thoughts and questions are...
"you know it's a roller block ?" Yes.
"Are you going to put a roller in it?" No.
"Are you going to use the 302 heads...?"
Hell no!
Last thing I want is him having pull it apart over pos cracked head.
I'm using the #593 casting open chamber 318 heads with air injection ports.
I will do my usual porting and post the numbers and pics as I go.
That out of the way...
So let's get to the build and the parts lot. When you look online at engine kits...you either get a good deal at the cost of name brand parts for generic or 'off brands'...or you're not getting the essentials like a oil pump or timing chain...
My typical go to's are Mancini racing and Northern Auto Parts, ebay, partspro for kits, but nothing was very complete in most of them... So i bought from a few places and came up with this list and parts and saved in the process.
King CS527BB cam bearings 29.99 bucks
Engine pro main/rod bearings 52.00 'they sub'd in full groove clevites-bonus.
Melling m72 oil pump 42.10
SummitG6603R9/78103-9R timing chain 50.00
Durabond hardware kit FKP-1 19.99
Pioneer Brass freeze plugs 17.99
Sealed power 526A .030 pistons 105.00
Engine tech moly rings 43.99
Enginetech master gasket set CR318-29 Includes 360 intake/exhaust thick style..bonus. 54.00
All together parts came out to around 430.00
Head recon 400.00 with hard seats/guides seals ,milled etc..
Block machining, mag,cleaned, bore/hone cleaned again..cam bearings installed 250.00
Crank ground 90.00
Rods resized 80.00
Press on rods 60.00
Balance job...waiting on piston back order till 5/4...probably won't be much at all with these stock replace pistons...maybe 120.00 if that much, we'll see...
I'll be picking it all up once the pistons get here so the balance can be done...then pics of all of it going together.
Cheap and reliable with a little extra.
For those of you who don't know me by first name...I'm Justin, nice to meet you... I'll be your host and tour guide for a little back to basics budget stock'ish 318 rebuild for my brother in law. This motor is going into a ram charger, 1985 model, but it doesnt know or care and could just as easily go into a dart or valiant..so I'm sharing it here.
After reading the model year I'm sure a few thoughts and questions are...
"you know it's a roller block ?" Yes.
"Are you going to put a roller in it?" No.
"Are you going to use the 302 heads...?"
Hell no!
Last thing I want is him having pull it apart over pos cracked head.
I'm using the #593 casting open chamber 318 heads with air injection ports.
I will do my usual porting and post the numbers and pics as I go.
That out of the way...
So let's get to the build and the parts lot. When you look online at engine kits...you either get a good deal at the cost of name brand parts for generic or 'off brands'...or you're not getting the essentials like a oil pump or timing chain...
My typical go to's are Mancini racing and Northern Auto Parts, ebay, partspro for kits, but nothing was very complete in most of them... So i bought from a few places and came up with this list and parts and saved in the process.
King CS527BB cam bearings 29.99 bucks
Engine pro main/rod bearings 52.00 'they sub'd in full groove clevites-bonus.
Melling m72 oil pump 42.10
SummitG6603R9/78103-9R timing chain 50.00
Durabond hardware kit FKP-1 19.99
Pioneer Brass freeze plugs 17.99
Sealed power 526A .030 pistons 105.00
Engine tech moly rings 43.99
Enginetech master gasket set CR318-29 Includes 360 intake/exhaust thick style..bonus. 54.00
All together parts came out to around 430.00
Head recon 400.00 with hard seats/guides seals ,milled etc..
Block machining, mag,cleaned, bore/hone cleaned again..cam bearings installed 250.00
Crank ground 90.00
Rods resized 80.00
Press on rods 60.00
Balance job...waiting on piston back order till 5/4...probably won't be much at all with these stock replace pistons...maybe 120.00 if that much, we'll see...
I'll be picking it all up once the pistons get here so the balance can be done...then pics of all of it going together.
Cheap and reliable with a little extra.
