1986 police engine
I have a stock 1986 318 4barrel that I pulled from a police car. Does anyone know if these had different cam or heads from another 318 from that year? Thanks.
There is some talk that the 1986 Police 318 used a spread bore intake with a Rochester Quadra jet mating up to 360 heads.
This sounds like a large port arrangement.
Now here is the thing with the 360 heads they have the small push rod holes as compared to the 302 closed chamber heads (roller lifter engines) larger push rod holes to allow more swing for the taller roller lifters/push rods on the roller lifter engines.
Would be interesting to know if they used the 318 roller block, or the regular 318 LA hydraulic lifter block for the police application?
The thing is if they used the large port spread bore intake and the large port 360 heads on a standard LA hydraulic lifter block, then I would say dollars to doughnuts it would have the 340 cam, same cam that came in the 360 Truck 4 barrel engines.
Do not believe they had anything equivalent to the 340 cam in a roller cam at that time. Would have had the stock roller 2 barrel cam for 1986. Although this roller 2 barrel cam does very well with a 4 barrel on top of it.
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Will be very interesting to see if they used the roller block or not for the Police 318 in 1986?
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