I appreciate the advice you have shared. The car handles like a champ. Especially since I removed the lowering blocks and replaced them with air shocks. The guy that had the car before me took care of the car, but he also made it look tacky and like a gangster car.
Yes it can be done, but you're better off pulling the whole motor so you can install a looser torque convertor. You will at the very minimum have to upgrade your torque convertor if you expect to get any positive results from running a bigger cam. Otherwise the car will become sluggish off the line and have poor acceleration. It would also be wise to have the proper valve springs installed with your new cam.
That what I did with my 383, actually it was done before I got the car, but would have happened anyways! With just the intake and carb I didn't need to do anything else. When I went with my 440 (all broken in already said the seller) and the cam wiped itself out, I put in a .484 Purple shaft cam, at the same time I went with a high stall converter. I might have been able to get away with a stock converter, but I think the higher stall is much better. It's around 2500-2800. I also went with a manual valve body, but I wanted the shifts to be much firmer, I doubt it had any effect on the engines behavior.
I believe I will go with an Edelbrock 4bbl carburetor and replacing the intake. I already have the Edelbrock Intake that I bought at a swap meet. The 318 runs great and the interior really needs reupholstering. And like someone on here said, I will wait until I can afford to do it right before I start replacing engine parts.
When it's cold you need to give it at least one pump to set the choke and supply a little fuel for start up.
Thanks.Engine looks good by the way
