The mighty 318 was installed in a 81 1/2 4x4,Dodge. It would would win most uglytruck contests. I got the truck for free, the 318 brand new Napa rebuild cost me $150. The GT-45 turo was $249 delivered to my door. Well under $1000 in everything so the whole thing was EXPENDABLE if something went BOOM.
The motor made 160hp cheated up on my dyno with the stock, manifolds,exhaust pipe, and factory 2bbl. With a 800 thermoquad and 24 lbs of boost it made 536hp&586ftlbs@4800. The hp&torque were still climbing at 4800. I did O-ring the block and install copper headgaskets. Dave