340 “the hard way”…318 w 3.55 crank…thoughts

New here but not new to the Mopar web scene....

I read with great interest of Bobby in Georgia's 349" 318 stroker....here's something similar I'm putting together with "swap meet" parts


1988 318 Roller block, 30K original miles, bores look new, just a good clean up, square deck and a quickie hone.

3.55" MP P4529711 crank ($225 bucks)
MP P5249784 6" Aluminum Rods, standard SB big & little ends ($250 a set)
KB167 9.5:1 318 pistons 1.81 CH, standard width ring pack, floating pins ($ 238 @ summit)

Bowl ported closed chamber (63cc)E-heads with VJ, heads and Perf RPM intake were $1100 off E-bag

With this combo I calc right around 10.4:1 and 341 cubic inches.

Cam 236/240 @.050 Hydraulic roller (comp XE grind) .520"/.540" 112 centers in at 108, with 1.6 intake rockers shes at .554 lift

Perfromer RPM with an 830 Annular holley (might be a touch big but it's the one I have )

1 5/8" headers 3" collectors with 18" collector extentions

To be honest the temptation is there to throw a solid roller in her with a Victor 340 and really spin her up but I'm really looking to limit the fun to around 6500-6700RPM with the Hyper slugs (pretty light @ 507 grams) so the rods ought to last and last, the last Aluminum rod solid cammed 340 I built was a W2 that peaked ~7300 and went through the traps at 7800+ with much heavier slugs. (~20 yrs ago)

what do you think of this one???

Bobby, How far is Dallas Ga from Charlotte, NC?....I might need a new machine shop for my Mopar projects.
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