Search results for query: 318 cam

230 cam (which ain't crazy big) and magnum heads equal 400 hp, I imagine with trick flows you still could hit 400 hp with less cam, which way is generally more streetable ? More cam less head flow or vice versa ?

hi Guys i have a 74 Duster with a 318 LA in it and it didnt run in long time so my 1st approach is to get running what i have ( 318) but eventually i want to get more Hotrod power.... Not a Racecar! so the upgrade to the 360 Seems to be the best bet in terms of direct fit My 318 has a 906...

BACK IN THE DAY i BUILT MY 318 ON THE CHEAP cut the heads 20tou valve job holley street dominator and a 340 cam put in an 83/4 rear with 3:55 gears as the stock rear melted after a few runs also ran a thermoqaud off a 74 440 was good enough to keep up with firechickens fun car for a few $$...

Not yet lol! Tomorrow figures crossed

You need new comprehension skills. I see where no one told you not to touch the motor you have. It simply needs work.

*barely* equals 400hp and a 230 cam in a 318 is what i'd consider nearing the ragged edge of street manners, especially if equipped with a single plane and big carb. as to the TF & cam question, i'm not gonna open that theoretical box of pandora.

If you are serious about making power like a late model engine you need to disabuse yourself of the notion that a Chrysler head with standard rockers is worth spending a nickel on. If you want to build a 500 hp 318 with a small cam you use W2 heads or better. Anything else is just expensive...

Hello everyone! Thank you to all the members who took the time to read and contribute to my previous thread regarding my dads 273 and the cam options. I just had a 2 hour conversation with my dad and it turns out that there was a critical missing piece to the story that had NEVER been revealed...

"By the numbers" the comp XE 256 almost looks like the "perfect" cam for a 318 that otherwise stock except for a 4 barrel and dual exhaust.

Cool, wasn't putting it down, i had just never seen numbers of one running, just that they sound good :)

Drove to Lecanto about 4 yr ago & bought a 318 roller cam engine w/ OD trans out of '90 van from a guy who had a Crosley drag car. Live in a neat wooded neighborhood.

Yup and a lot of them will believe his bullshit simply because there's so much of it.

Red x Different torque converter, different pan, different driver side mount. Have to add the cost of those. Then to make that 360 run, a rebuild to get rid of the dished pistons to help compression , for beginners, no, keep the 318 for a cruiser. Better bang for the buck. Unless there's...

1969 318 has the good 230 horsepower engine. 9.2:1 compression ratio. Adapt on a 4 barrel carb (Edelbrock 1406 600 cfm with electric choke) it will wake up that stock engine with the stock cam snd give it the fuel it needs to run. Will easily do more than 65 mph. ☆☆☆☆☆

If rebuilding you can make measurements to find out and make any necessary mods to fit whatever cam you want. What you should be finding out what cams are gonna suit your build and if they require you to do mods to run them piston to valve and or retainer clearance etc.. Then you could decide...

Can I switch over the oil pan+ pickup, mounts, acc, from the 318 to a 360 LA? Are there any differences in 360 LA, lers say foe example the MoHo 360? Wouldn't a 5.9 roller engine be better then?

SP2P Edelbrock, or a Offenhauser Dual Port. The Offy came in square bore, and spread bore. I ran a 318 size one on my van for many years. TQ's and Rochesters. My engine was a 360 with an RV cam.

Keep the 273. You have a fine forged bottom end and factory mechanical lifters. Put commando pistons and cam in the old girl and you will be making 5 more horsepower than a stock 318. Or put a d dart spec cam in her and you will be making 45 more horsepower than a 318. The 318 also never came...

318s with X heads swapped on, long duration cam, thats whats up.

Here's a few video's and articles for mild 318 and 360, I'm sure people are getting tired of them but I think there a good starting place for someone trying to figure out a mild combo. This one is just cam header and 4bbl on a stock low cr longblock 318...

MOPAR = $$$$$ in general.

So on a small block 318/392 la motor. 71’ casting date. I am Converting to hydraulic roller lifters and cam which I have. Morel linked lifters. Is this procedure is necessary even for non racing applications.

This makes me want to show the 318 some more love lol! I knew they were considered underdogs but i didn't know they were this hated lol

Here's a head shootout on a 302/306 with 9.##:1 cr, xe264hr cam same as the 350/360 hp 5.9l magnum had, air gap and headers, made least 306 hp with stock heads (similar to 318 heads) and most 396 hp with AFRs. Shows without going crazy on cam 212/218 .512" 114 and good heads you can make good...

As long you got a mechanically decent engine no reason not to do the basic tune, 4bbl and mild cam with at least duals, headers better, stall and gears help too. No reason can't get 240-280 hp. Here's stock low cr 318 long block with 4bbl headers and xe262h cam for 282 hp @ 5000 rpm...

Oh boy, here we go again. You may want to study up and then ask. THis is 17 pages and it's still not all the recommendations. Search results for query: 318 cam

Thank you! I’ll get to looking

Heavily ported Edelbrocks...solid roller cam but I don't remember the numbers. In truth, it was professionally built at Indy in Southern California...but I have the dyno sheet to prove it! Damn I gotta put that car back together soon! Jeff

After learning how to install cam bearings, buying the installation tool and doing it myself for the first time, the last thing I wanted to do was to do it all over again. Overkill? Perhaps. Did it work? PERFECTLY. Not one nick, mark or scratch on the fresh new cam bearings.

Now put some comp into that 318.... Here's the cam regrind @ Crower: