I always wanted to have a mopar muscle but V8 cars are rare where i live and I can't afford buying one.
So my plan was to get beat up van with great potential V8, make it fast and put that drivetrain into something better looking.

I started with that



Dodge B250 318 V8 TBI, chrysler 8,25 axle with 3,55 gears, A500 automatic transmission with OD and lock-up.
factory roller with 302 heads



I removed air pump, egr, AC and other crap. Installed electric fans.



I couldn't stand appearance of that engine so I painted upper half



Hedman hedders 3",
used edelbrock 2176 intake manifold




stock TBI intake


Under manifold I found egg sized lumps of carbon



stock ports



little gasket matching



home made adapter to retain stock injection




result: a lot more torque in low-mid range, TBI still sucks. 0-60 in a few seconds less.

next step was carb swap



video

later i regretted purchase of that carb and distributor. Edelbroke had internal vacuum leak , cheap ebay distributor had weak solder and it lost spark when it was hot. test with borrowed carb



While I was waiting for new holley carb and pertronix distributor I painted the rest of ugly things and changed tires.







also removed unnecessary wiring




it took me some time to learn how to tune holley but it was worth it. after recurving distributor i was realy satisfied with its performance and throttle response. After carb swap the difference is huge.


0-60 video











now I don't care that it looks ugly. Instead of looking for another body i want to make it faster and spend money on drivetrain.
Most probably my next step will be converter, camshaft, porting those 302 heads + bigger valves and shift kit