Cheap 318 performance mods.

well, the original poster did mention getting 302 heads for it in the original post. if he is thinking upgrading heads, the best bang for the buck will be a set of OEM magnums, because you also get the added bonus of 7% more lift on the same cam due to the different rocker ratio.

looks like he already bought the '77 318, so that is water under the bridge. personally I would have sought out an '85-up 318 or a magnum 318 as my base to build because of the OEM roller cam hardware, and in my experience, regrinding the factory roller to something a bit more aggressive was less expensive and more reliable than a flat tappet cam cam and lifter package.
I wouldn’t worry about it, there’s nothing wrong what you said. Until now this thread to me seemed to be going fine.