318 power?

AJ/FormS said
With closed-chamber alloy heads and just 10.45Scr, IMO, I think yur leaving some (a good deal of) performance on the table. The 4.10s will help with that, but Ima thinking she'll want quite a bit more than a 3000 stall.
The Wallace Calculator, at 10.45Scr; predicts about 153psi, which should run on 87gas.
In your Duster, with 4.10s and say a 3800stall; yur gonna need ginormous tires at WOT. 295/50-15s fit right in there, after you move the springs inboard. You may need to narrow the rear end.
Happy HotRodding;
I really mean it.

BTW
I ran that cam in an Eddie-headed, street 360, at 11.3Scr, for a cylinder pressure of over 170psi. (Those alloy heads are known to support 200psi, maybe a tad more. I myself have run them at 185psi on 87E10, with NO detonation). I ran it with a clutch, and an A833. With 3.55s, Second gear was 82 mph at 7000rpm; and the power didn't even start until about 60mph. First gear at WOT, was just a burn-out gear.
But worse, for me, was the lack of driveability at lower rpms in First gear with a starter gear of just 3.55 x 2.66=9.44..( With a hi-stall/automatic, you should be OK.)
I never tracked this combo.
In late summer of it's First year, I pulled it out and sold it.
And Yes; I moved that cam back and forth from 4* retarded to 8* advanced, and didn't like it anywhere in between.
With 4.30s it was a beast, but on the street with a clutch; that got old in a hurry.

Thanks for your input!
I know it would be better with a higher CR but I didn't want to mill the heads since I don't know if I will sell the 318 or putting it in something else with another cam. I will check the cylinder pressure when I get it running just for fun.
My cam is installed at zero. If the engine hadn't been put together or if i have had time I would have advanced it 4 degrees to match the intake a little better.
We'll see what that converter stalls in reality, i can only hope it works okay.
Now the engine is in place, I had a little hell with engine mounts. I have been more into big blocks and I always forget the setup for smallblocks haha. Hope to get some hours in the end of the week to work on some details before it's time for engine startup...

I want to build that 340/377 since I like the stroke to rod length ratio for what I'm intending to build the Duster for. I'd love to put a long runner tunnel ram on top for different reasons too. That engine will get a mechanical cam and it will be fun to sort everything out when it comes to cam profile, converter, gearing, tires aso.
Car has had the leaves moved inboard at some time so it is pretty simple to put them there again. Now it sits a little high in back, but it looks cool :)