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FWIW I see Uniroyal and BFG throw belts in tires quicker than any other brand. Some are old and some are not. Now potholes will hurt any tire if the impact is large enough.
Most of our old cars are stored inside and they seem to not dry rot and crack as quick as a tire that is left outside.
Try it and see. If it is still too loud then change mufflers and you will already have built in resonators. Please give us some before and after sound clips if you do.
I have a set of the purple horniest that bolt to header flanges. I will use them for the header install on my 72 Newport and to drive to the exhaust shop.
To the OP if you don't want "loud" consider swapping mufflers.
Are those flowmaster mufflers? I can say I have never seen anyone try to use a resonator (glass pack or otherwise) with flowmasters. I would expect it to change the tone but have no idea how it will turn out.
It may very well be. I can purchase local and am not running high spring pressures with 2 hyd flat tappet cams so I doubt I will have any issues. If I ever build the stroked rb and don't run a roller cam I may opt for a different oil.
It depends on how many miles are on it. An overall re seal with new freeze plugs not a bad idea. New timing chain set would be high on my list.
After that how far are you willing to go?
Valve job and some porting on the heads? Milling some for compression? Might as well replace that cast iron...
278/290 advertised
222/234 @ .050
467/494 with 1.5 rockers
114 lca
56 degrees overlap
good idle,daily performance use,mild bracket use,9.5 to 10.75 cr recommended 2200-5200 power range.
If I am wrong someone correct me.
It all depends on what you want and how much you are willing to spend.
Finding a 400 (or 383) block to build over time while you can still drive yours is worth a thought. A nice 451 (or 432) would play well with what you have.
Dynomax super turbo.
If you want more aggressive, magnaflow,Dynomax ultra flow,Borla Pro xs,or pypes race pro.
Youtube is your friend for sound comparisons.Just remember that a 318 will be more subdued than a 383 or 440.
Look at it this way, it is worth more than what you can get for it. I f you need a big block engine and transmission one day,you have them. If you need an 8 3/4 rear end,you have one. Driveshaft,gotcha.
You may find a nice car one day that needs a drive train,or a small block car you want to put...
Get as crazy as you want with a different block and heads.
You could redo yours with an upgraded cam and some ported 440 source heads painted to look stock also.
Your car and your money so do as you wish but I would protect the original block and heads if it were mine.
Our forums here have a lot of Florida members,try and ask some of them. Any local car clubs or racers you can hang out with and ask?
Look online and see if there is any feedback for whomever you are considering. Call the better business bureau and see if there are any complaints against said...