I believe that you guys ran off the OP. As always a simple question concerning the performance upgrade of a 318 immediately turns into a 360 swap. Going to a 360 actually would increase his budget as he would have to get a 360 then the motor mount bracket and mount on the right side is different than the 318 ( I think it's the right side). All the OP asked was how he could make his 318 run a little better. I think that 318willrun gave him some good advice. In my opinion, he could recurve the distributor, edelbrock performer intake and a 600cfm carburetor, good flowing exhaust system, he's already going to add gears so a cam like 318willrun suggested and a mild converter and he's good to go. Not everybody wants or needs a ton of power, they may be just looking for ways to give their car a little more zip. I think that it would have been good if the question at hand could have been followed. I believe that you guys ran him off and that's sad.