Big horsepower 318 builds

j par said

LOL... This is an extreme far stretch from the normal Joe building a 500 horsepower 318 LOL... One-off custom fabricated pushrod stabilizers... One-off custom valvetrain girdle... LOL.. don't forget you need a friend of a friend who just happens to have a set of RT super stock heads that have been massaged and they're in great condition LOL...
Do I need to mention the one-off custom ground crank buy a custom crank grinder... Or the knowledge of bushing and blocking off oiling passages and the ins-and-outs of using Chevy connecting rods LOL...
Oh I guess it can be done but instead of doing all that if the normal Joe could... LOL.. most would just stopped to spend way way less money cobble together a 360 Stroker and make life simple...

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That engine was built 13 years ago for a dyno competition, the guy that owns it was on another thread saying he drove and raced it for like 10 years.

It's not meant to be a build that you copy but the main idea how is there. In the article he states how he would do a simplified version that anyone could build. The availably of parts for building high hp sbm now is a lot better compared to then. Your saying a set of trick flows or similar heads with a big solid cam and around 10 or 11 + to 1 cr can't make 500 hp ? Don't think anyone saying 318 is the best way to go for 500 hp, to me anything over 425-450 hp I'd start seriously thinking Big Block maybe a stroker sbm but to me they don't make any sense. Under 425-450 hp any 318/340/360 would do.