Making power out of the 318

The other thing the OP might also not know, due to still being a high schooler, is that 400 horses in an A body, can be a handful driving if not all the systems (brakes, suspension, power, fuel) are sound. If you do simple math, the car is at 3000 pounds with 400 HP it is 7.5 pounds per horse power to weight ratio (at 500 is 6 pounds) or a mid 12’s car at the drag strip in a steel soda can. Think riding a bike as a kid, you start on the small one and work your way up. 400 in an old car is not the same as 400 in a new car. One of my buddies has a lightly built 318 in a 67 fish, that car is quite the handful as the suspension was /6 and such, now the car is way better after time fixing her up…