Pardon me, but how in the world did this thread get to 51 pages?!? Boggles the mind.....
There is kind of 3 or 4 things at play here.
1. The usual battle about building a 318 vs all other larger displacement engines. Fair is Fair
2. There a lot of people that are following and just want to learn. They can maybe pick up some tricks and techniques that also apply to other things on their cars too, besides just porting heads and making 1 horsepower per cubic inch.
3. Then there is the Uncle Tony thing that I am sure most are familiar with, lots of controversy there.
4. Then there are those that say their way is the only way how to build an engine, so then that goes back and forth till no end.
The saying goes there is no such thing as bad PR. Good PR, Bad PR it's all PR and it stirs up attention and that is why this thread has become so massively popular (or unpopular) depending how you look at it.
At the end of the day the basic car owner can come in here and take a look and gain enough knowledge to go back and put together a good running street version of the 318, make a few tweeks to his liking and skill ability, have some fun doing it, and be able to do it with all mopar parts.
One last thing someone may come to this thread (even years from now) on a "FABO Search" and or a "Google Search", or even a referral from one of the members here, to come to this site to help source out some particular information they are looking for to help them with their fix.
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All in all it will be interesting to see the final outcome of 1 hp per cu.in with a 2 bbl 318 engine.
David Vizard, Charles S. (302 Head and Intake Porter) and Andy Woods are the gentlemen doing the build, so hats off to them for giving it a go and donating their time doing it. Uncle Tony was part of helping to pull the original idea together, but is not hands on as of yet.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, It's All Good
Entertainment and a chance to learn new things and techniques to keep these old classics on the road.
Thank You
