318 build check from you experts

64mopar said

What parts do you have?
Rebuilt 318 heads to stock specs, carb, intake, distributor, ignition, headers, cam that's sounding like its too small and a block that needs to get refreshed
What is the budget?
Kinda don't have one but I'm not taking this truck too seriously either
What is the goal?
Fun for me, a muscle truck for the boy to learn hot rodding on. Street manners.
What year engine?
74
If you are buying pistons,shoot for 9.8 to 10.2.
Copy. will go for the 10:1's
Cam is too small,look for a 480ish,torque cam.
Advance the cam 2 to 4 degrees.
Sounds good.
.028-.038 head gasket,aluminum heads a plus,or use later 302 heads,360 heads.

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Thanks fellas. My Dart has gone through upgrade after upgrade without ever really getting on the road for too many years so I'm trying to keep this one as simple as I can, but when you are redoing things, why not shoot for efficiency, right?

I do appreciate the thoughts on going to a 360 and of course it crossed my mind plenty of times. I never thought about the altitude adjustments.

I kind of just don't mind this being a small, smallblock rig. I have it and don't have to go source and pull a 360, rebuild that, not use some of the parts Ive collected along the way, change the converter, etc.