Bone stock 360 potential?

John, this is essentially what I've done with the 360 in my Matador wagon.  I'm using an 88 Jeep Grand Wagoneer 360, which I bought out of a junkyard for $250.  It was already bored .030, which was a nice bonus, but uses stock type low-comp pistons. I'm using a mild RV cam for torque, and Edelbrock torker intake, stock free flow exhaust manifolds on both sides, true roller chain and gears, and a FiTech 400hp throttle body fuel injection setup (that is being installed this spring - right now it has a motorcraft 4100 on it).  I'm even using the stock 1977 Prestolite distributor out of the original motor, with a fresh control module and new vacuum advance unit.   While it's no high RPM screamer, it has gobs of low-end torque, idles smoothly, and moves the 4100# car quite nicely down the road.  For exhaust, I'm running 2.25" duals, with dual high flow (monolith type) catalysts, and an H pipe just past the transmission for a really nice smooth tone, along with turbo mufflers.

The FiTech setup, once I get it installed should wake it up even more. Best part of using the 88 motor, is that I got the 88 flexplate with it, so I was able to use the MoPar gear reduction starter, and the flex plate bolted right up to the Chrysler torque converter. Sounds very modern when starting, and turns over a bit quicker.

Thanks Kurt!

IIRC the Torker range is 3000 - 7500 RPM thinking the cam is idle to maybe 4000 RPM

I would think a Performer or Performer RPM would be a better match to the cam.

 

Now the question is a hard one to answer not knowing what it will be used for.

I had a 75 304 and all I did was run a Holley 2300 v2 carb on the stock intake, stock exh. manifolds to duel pipes & mufflers and the Prestolite ING system. Just the carb swap woke the motor up.

Add a shift kit and the 2.89 rear gear in the Gremlin was good for 16's all day long. I did not want to change the gear as I was building a drag car.

 

Now the drag car (70 Javelin gutted) ran a stock 73 360 / TH400 from a Jeep with a Comp 280H cam kit, Torker intake, 650 DP Holley, 1 7/8" hooker supper comp headers, 4000 stall converter (bought for a different motor) and a 4.56 rear gear with slicks. Even with all that mismatch I got a high 12 out of it but mid 13's all day long.

 

Again with parts matched to work together they would have done better at the track but the Gremlin was a blast on the street.

Dave ----