302 heads-Is it worth putting them on a stock 318
Depends on what year your Stock 318 is?
'68 & '69 are the stock 230 hp 9.2:1 compression engines.
Same with the '89 - '91 318 roller engines 9.2:1 cr and these come from the factory with the 302 closed chamber heads.
Both of these engine years perform well and run very nice with the stock cams and the Edelbrock 1406 4 barrel upgrade. Even the '68 & '69 318s running the stock open chamber heads perform nicely. Gives them the fuel that they need for that "Extra" kick.
All stock ^^^ '69 318 with added 1406 Edelbrock 4 bbl.
Would I do it again?
In a heartbeat.
The real trick is to ditch the stock 2 barrel economy carb, and upgrade to the 4 barrel. Night and day difference.
As a side note: a fresh set of heads with the new valve job is always a good thing. As with high mileage used engines, the valves are the first thing to start loosing compression .
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Depends on what year your Stock 318 is?
'68 & '69 are the stock 230 hp 9.2:1 compression engines.
Same with the '89 - '91 318 roller engines 9.2:1 cr and these come from the factory with the 302 closed chamber heads.
Both of these engine years perform well and run very nice with the stock cams and the Edelbrock 1406 4 barrel upgrade. Even the '68 & '69 318s running the stock open chamber heads perform nicely. Gives them the fuel that they need for that "Extra" kick.
All stock ^^^ '69 318 with added 1406 Edelbrock 4 bbl.
Would I do it again?
In a heartbeat.
The real trick is to ditch the stock 2 barrel economy carb, and upgrade to the 4 barrel. Night and day difference.
As a side note: a fresh set of heads with the new valve job is always a good thing. As with high mileage used engines, the valves are the first thing to start loosing compression .
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