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While a 360 would be ideal in my case as well, I may do a little something to this 318 I have in my 68 Dart. At least the top end can transfer over to a fresh 360 short block. I’d like to maybe do a top end setup on this 318 just to see how well it runs. No HP or ET in mind for a goal.. just for...

I agreed with most of what you basically said if I remember right. Just took issue that a 318 gonna need 21° more cam, like I pointed out a 400 hp 318 needs about 230° cam so if a 400 hp 360 needs 21° less cam would make it a 209° cam and I don't see to many of those. Besides the cam degrees...

Lets get something straight, > I'm not being mean towards the owners of 318s, > nor to 318s in general, > nor especially to 318s with 160Plus psi, > just those 318s, in what may have started out as 108 to 115psi, and now with a big cam, is pumping less than 95psi. I been there; nothing sux...

Yeah and anything over 250hp from a stop is already spinning the tires; and a streeter like me, up here in Manitoba, is risking losing his driving privilege's, and hefty fines, every time I top out Second gear, spinning all the way. But you know, a small-cam stroker at 5000 ft, could/would be...

Hotroding = take what you have and make it work.

Thanks Bewy! You may be correct, I wasn’t sure about what cam it had in it so I took it to a machine shop friend of mine and he didn’t know what brand the cam was but he measured the lift and said it was slightly under what a standard LA cam was. Didn’t write the numbers down but he said it was...

Wow '68 318, 230 hp 9:2:1 cr, short block, with 273 closed chamber heads. Light free floating rods and flat top pistons with valve relief (factory in '68) .040 ths down in the hole. I am liking this, 600 cfm 1406 perfect carb for that 318. Even if the 318 stock short block has the original...

...to come up with a reasonable cam upgrade and he won't, even if it works within his formulas, to him it's impossible to improve upon stock 318 cam even though he thinks that a 318 sucks in the 1st place. I believe that everyone should be able to express their own opinions but it bothers me...

@thecatsfan KB-191 is a 3.58 crank stroke slug not usable with a 319 & a 3.31 stroke crank. The OP should use the slugs he has and let the machinist do his work fitting them in the new bored out cylinders of equal height and use the appropriate gasket thickness to achieve what he needs as...

then you spray it 460 hp 500 lbft

Oldie but goody! Magnum I see. I saved that one. It's a good recipe.

factory stock, low-compression LA360-2V short block, with your 318/273 top end, your 904 trans(rebuilt), your convertor(rebalanced) any rear gears with a limited slip, and 318/273 cam With the closed chamber heads, you compression ratio will skim 9/1. The extra cubes will pump up the bottom-end...

No kiddin! He's da man!

LISTEN to GTX John!! He's been going very fast for 50 years, and still is. If you want to stroke a 318, a 360 crank is NOT the way I would do it. For really high performance application, get a 4" all forged kit FOR a 318. For budget street use, cast crank kit with hyper pistons would be fine...

I had a 340 resto cam in my 318 and did not like it so I swapped it out with a Comp Cam XE250. Nice mild street cam real nice torque down low. If your cam is hydraulic make sure your oil has zinc.

looking for low-ish lift & duration for a 318 project. anybody have something puny & weak collecting dust on the shelf? maybe a piece for a long abandoned project or you decided to go with something bigger? would love a solid lifter, but hydro is the more likely play. if you're within...

The specs on the cam indicate improving low end torque and overall performance, win win for a low compression 318. I now several guys using the Whiplash, one with a 360 and another with a 400, both said the cam made the low compression engines into a different beast.

I’m pretty new to this, and can’t logic myself an explanation. 1974 318, some cylinder wear, nothing terrible 1971 stock heads with a fresh valve job and springs were tested New lifters Double roller timing set Unknown cam, either stock or very mild, no advance TDC confirmed, as well as cam...

I'm currently building a mild 318 to replace a Slant 6 in my 1974 Plymouth Valiant, 4-door, which I got really cheap. After I picked up the 318, a friend mentioned the 360 as a better alternative, dollar VS output. As I have a 7 1/4 rear end, I don't want to blow up the rearend. BUT, the costs...

Partly because roller cam retrofit to a non roller cam block is more expensive. Solid roller will be most expensive. It all depends what you have planned for the car. If I was using a 318, I would use a hydraulic roller cam. If you use your 86 block, just buy a cam for that and stock replacement...

You missed my point, your saying your figuring around 328 at crank, I'm saying the 5.9l with a bit more cam got 350 hp to me that's pretty close to each other.

the Moho 440 is bretty much ready... it has a cam , intake and a bunch of new parts... i should get the heads from the machine shop end of this week. definitly a cool motor ...If i sell this engine i can probably fund the whole DUSTER build incl the engine (if i use the 318 )

Yes, 68 and 69 switched to hydraulic cam like the new 318 that was released in 68. The 318 LA replace the 318A which was the Poly 318. The old Poly had solid lifters as well.

Almost felt like a personal attack.. my 318 has P295/65-15s :)

It's really a 318 with a 340 cam and a Thermoquad, but them chebby guys will never know. taillights is all they will see.

I bought the exhaust for the 318 that's in it now, been running it for years. Haven't even assembled the 416 yet and just wondering if I should run a different cam, I could redo the exhaust but I'd like to at least drive it first so I have some kind of baseline. I do appreciate the advice, the...

It really comes down to the heads, 318 vs 360 vs 5.2/5.9 magnum stock head to make 300 hp A magnum basic does that stock, 360 needs a mild cam and 318 needs a fair amount of cam.

It sounds like you could build it as an LA but as cheap as LA 318's are, why bother. You can find LA Teens for $100 or less. Even better yet would be a Magnum with a roller cam. Just sayin.

If running similar heads a 318 ain't gonna need 21 more cam degrees to turn higher rpm. You look at that 400 hp magnum headed 318, go a 230 cam making peak power at 6200 rpm a similar cam 5.9l magnum gonna be more like 5400-5500 rpm.