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Noodles · Post by **Noodles** » Tue Sep 09, 14 10:01 pm

well, im not rich and have an 8 week old daughter..... so nothing massive at the mo. just something to show up the saxo boys....rather than them showing me up. budget at the mo is tops £1k. then maybe in a year or so ill be able to improve it etc

Mossy68 · Post by **Mossy68** » Tue Sep 09, 14 10:13 pm

What's your current set up ?
I'm certainly not the man you need for tuning advice , however not a lot of options on a limited budget ( I'm in the same boat ! )
Gearing can also be a factor worth looking at.

Noodles · Post by **Noodles** » Sat Sep 13, 14 5:15 pm

All fairly stock I think. All I can see is a weiand intake and a 4barrel holley. Ive had a search of the forum but cant really find any threads on tuning the 318.

Mossy68 · Post by **Mossy68** » Sat Sep 13, 14 5:57 pm

Noodles wrote:All fairly stock I think. All I can see is a weiand intake and a 4barrel holley. Ive had a search of the forum but cant really find any threads on tuning the 318.

Pretty much the same as I have. Also believed I have a fast road type cam.
I'm planning to upgrade ignition system as this can make a big difference ( I'm still on points system ) and then tune carb to get the best I can with what I have. I'm also looking at changing the gearing as the 2.76:1 ratio I have at the moment is great for cruising , but I'm after a more street / strip ratio

Noodles · Post by **Noodles** » Sat Sep 13, 14 8:50 pm

yeah, im looking for street strip. might be setting up a 1/8 mile drag at somepoint once we find a location.

i want the lumpy idle tho. had one of these cams in my trans am.... http://www.compcams.com/Company/CC/cam- ... =2.....was the smaller one to this tho. sounded good but didnt make a great deal of difference in power.

are there any good cams that work well? i have a manual box, dont know if that makes any difference to what cam i can have?

Mossy68 · Post by **Mossy68** » Sat Sep 13, 14 9:18 pm

Where's all the small block clever buggers when I need them ?
Come on chaps !

autofetish · Post by **autofetish** » Sun Sep 14, 14 6:19 am

Welcome to the mad house

bruvmopar · Post by **bruvmopar** » Sun Sep 14, 14 8:47 am

Welcome aboard Matt

That's a lovely looking RoadRunner you have there, great colour as well,
I have a friend who has owned a 1973 runner for over 20 years now, great serving cars and good on the gas with the small block!

Charger · Post by **Charger** » Sun Sep 14, 14 9:24 am

hello there

, nice car, nice colour

must admit did a double take on the 2 pics you posted, with the light reflecting on the side of the car i thought it had S & H paint scheme

Noodles · Post by **Noodles** » Mon Sep 15, 14 10:35 pm

Carl · Post by **Carl** » Tue Sep 16, 14 6:38 pm

You can build a 390 c.i out of a 318 but its gonna cost. Your looking at....

£1000 ish for the stroker kit (crank pistons and rods ) example

£300-£400 for cam, followers and pushrods. Depending what you get

£30-£100 for timing chain Depending what you get

£500+ for decent set of roller rockers

£1000+ for a set of heads

£200 for cheapish headers

£50+ for high volume oil pump

£250 for intake manifold

£300+ for vac secondary carb

£300 for competition clutch

Another 2 or 3+ hundred for bolts, gaskets, bearings, Block work etc

Also you will need to upgrade the rear end gears too

And countless other bits and pieces ive forgotten to add. Ive just made a rough guess from my experience on my 340 stroker rebuild which is knocking on the door of 2K and I already have stroker kit, heads manifolds and carb.

Still wanna do it?

If you are intent on building an engine, use the car as is and buy a block to build over time.

Noodles · Post by **Noodles** » Tue Sep 16, 14 8:47 pm

Thanx carl. That was a big help. As it happens ive just done a deal on a 360 motor that was stripped ready for rebuild but the guy went big block instead. Picking it up on the weekend all being well. Think ill just keep to high comp pistons, cam, intake for now. Have a carb I can use. Hoping the block wont need a rebore. Im not after massive power. Just enough to have some fun but still be able to take it on a run.

Carl · Post by **Carl** » Wed Sep 17, 14 8:59 am

If the block is stripped I would have a +50 overbore done ready for when you decide to go that little bit further, forward thinking is what its all about.

Or at least have it re honed which you will need to do anyway if your putting new rings in.

There is no real cheap easy "get out of jail free card" when it comes to engine building, unfortunately.

Carl · Post by **Carl** » Wed Sep 17, 14 9:01 am

Think ill just keep to high comp pistons, cam, intake for now

And you will need decent headers to get the best out of that little lot too.