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Just have Brett Miller build you one.... 20k and then nobody will disapprove... except that one guy... always gotta be that one guy :lol:

I see I missed 4 pages.... did we get the cam in this 318 yet?? :lol:

First 3 post I was thinking A.I. for sure.. but either way... Welcome! :lol:

At 1 minute and 4 seconds I couldn't take the buzz'n anymore... LOL. Sounds like a swarm of mosquitos with a couple of bees in the mix. Not knocking their work or anything, but I'd need my own room with a shut door to do that all day.. LOL

I will say, though, the fastest way to a 10 page thread is to have "318" in the title :)

I'm pretty sure it's unconsciously done. What enters the mind comes out on print. :)

I always figured if the OP of any engine thread hasn't got their answer by page 2, they are not getting it. LOL

Then by George, get it out thar.... ya heeear ??? LOL

I did throw a Oregon regrind cam in it.... and the truck has 4.30 gears. But still... in a 3k pound car it would be mid 12's

Time to take a trip to Earlville ????

I threw a 200,000 mile 5.9 mag in a full size truck and ran 13.0's against a head wind in it's only time out. LOL

Many thought it was "cool". I thought it was "fun". Same with my Van. Went to the finals and put many bracket cars on the trailer at the First NoNameNationals. It's about the fun. Too many think "cool" and not "fun". I have fun with my cars, even if they aren't cool :D

ABSOLUTELY! And again, ABSOLUTELY!

By the way, last time I had a Duster out, I dialed 14.00 and beat a Mustang with a 10.79 dial for the Final. That's bracket racing :)

Here is the catch: I can afford more, but I chose not to. I LIKE what I do. When you build for others, then you'll find you'll never please everyone. So, please yourself! :)

Braket engine is the easiest of all engines to build. I can do one for 500 bucks. Sportsman class is HUGE at any track. A stock 5.2 or 5.9 magnum, chinese intake and a 4bbl. Your set. Go rounds and win!

Ask yourself one question: Who am I competing with?? As for me, I could give less than a two toed Duck what anyone thinks of my builds or what they run. 100% couldn't care less. It's for me, my way, my money, my fun! And if the world is in the 3's on the street's in the 1/8 mile, well...

We're on Dyno's and Chassis and all this and the OP's opening statement is he just wants a simple 318, not even 300 hp. :D :D :lol:

I don't see me ever spending the money and a day to dyno an engine, though never say never. As I stated, it's a great tool. I just know too many people that haven't made the dyno number match the ET slip when at the track. Then had to change the tune and sometimes components for real track...

Almost.. lol ... still giving up 22 cubes in bore is still substantial, but a good tuner with the 318 can make up a lot of the difference to many that just turn the key and think the 340 gives them the automatic win.

First, the dyno is great for working with the engine on the stand for tuning and parts testing. But not so much as comparison as Dyno's vary. Second, the dyno brake cannot simulate all that goes into a car going down the track. Like wind resistance (as the car goes faster), change in gearing...

No, I got it. You posted it to support what I said. And essentially it did. And nothing against Richard at all, I'm glad he does his tests!

I know that a dyno is a very valuable tool. Great info can be gathered. I know you quote/post richard a lot. I'm strange, I like boots on the ground. AKA - ET slips. I still say that at the end of the day, the response is different from Dyno vs Track. Not saying he is wrong with his...

We put a used 340 cam, with worn 360 heads (valve guides were shot, but cut .045) and a cast intake and TQ on a 318. STock 727 and converter, 3.21's. It was a "no budget" build... LOL. Cast intake and carb was 10 bucks, free cam, 30 dollar heads and paid to cut them, did the valves ourselves...

I'll also say the fastest way to kill a stockish 318 with stock converter and highway gears is to over cam it. Like a MP 292 LOL

THE HEADS.... and I'm not going to read through 8 pages of what's being argued here, so I don't know if this has been discussed. But we putting 340/360 heads cut .040 on a 318 has EVERY TIME made the car go faster. No, we didn't cut the intake too, never had to. IN fact, it fit better (bolt...

I did a intake test on a very mild 318. Factory '73 340 cast, Weiand Action Plus, Holley Street Dominator. All ran within 1 mph and 1.5 tenths of each other. The factory cast had the best mph & ET, even though it had the largest port mis-match to the 318 heads. 2nd was the Action Plus, even...

Both can work great, but I like the 650 in this situation

Some things are out of our control. If that's the track you have, at least you have that! Another choice would be a Draggy app for your phone. But then you need a place where you feel safe/secure and not getting caught and such.

Sounds fuel/carb related. Sounds like your secondaries are killing it. You can unhook your linkage that actuate the secondaries mechanically and see if it still dies off the front barrels. If it doesn't, now you know where the problem is. If it still does it, then look at the accelerator...