I was "318", when 318 wasn't cool......

[318willrun]

It was 340 or Big block, then it was 340/360 or big block, then it was 340/360/Stroker or big block. Now in the last couple of years, 318 builds, 318 youtube videos are everywhere just for the clicks and even a 318 fest!!..... Ya'll remember, " I was 318, when 318 wasn't cool......"

 

[318willrun]

 

[YY1]

Me too, since 1985!

 

[diymirage]

i dont know who youve been talking to...but 318s still aint cool

 

[318willrun]

i dont know who youve been talking to...but 318s still aint cool

 

[RustyRatRod]

I never knew 318s weren't cool.

 

[318willrun]

i dont know who youve been talking to...but 318s still aint cool

I never knew 318s weren't cool.

These two quotes right here are fun ^^^

 

[diymirage]

I never knew 318s weren't cool.

Maybe cos you're a closet ford guy, but come on, ma mopar brought us the poly engine (yes, also in 318, ironically) the 340, the Sixpacks, 3 generations of hemis...and even the indestructible slantie

In that line up, the 318 is basically a K car
Sure, it saw ma mopar through some hard times, but cool?

Nah

 

[barbee6043]

Cool... depends on what is available, what is affordable, and how old you are!??
Right now the stable is mostly early B bodies. The 62 Dart 330 and 64 Belvedere More doors... scream poly, slant and /or 318 LA is cool. BUT the 64 post Savoy says give me a big block, any big block Jackass!!! Especially since I found those brand new Jeep CJ Jeep NEW buckets that are so much A100 look a likes for so darn cheap!!!!!! It also says, Hey Jackass why not a seond gen. Hemi. I told him $$$$$$$$$ ya fool!!!!

 

[Dartswinger70]

So, you mean the days of people giving me 318s for free because the are "boat anchors" are over...?

 

[318willrun]

So, you mean the days of people giving me 318s for free because the are "boat anchors" are over...?

shoot, they'll be trading their 340's even up for them in another month!!!!!

 

[Dartswinger70]

shoot, they'll be trading their 340's even up for them in another month!!!!!

cool I have one sitting in the corner I feel like its poker, ""ante up.." ..."Ill see ya a 318, and raise ya two slants and a 340.."

 

[Jadaharabi]

Who said you were cool?

 

[318willrun]

Who said you were cool?

Nice outside and will start to cool at 3:18

 

[RustyRatRod]

Maybe cos you're a closet ford guy, but come on, ma mopar brought us the poly engine (yes, also in 318, ironically) the 340, the Sixpacks, 3 generations of hemis...and even the indestructible slantie

In that line up, the 318 is basically a K car
Sure, it saw ma mopar through some hard times, but cool?

Nah

So the 273 BECAME the 318. The 318 BECAME the 340. 340 BECAME the 360. And you don't think the 318 is cool? dumbass.

 

[diymirage]

So the 273 BECAME the 318. The 318 BECAME the 340. 340 BECAME the 360. And you don't think the 318 is cool? dumbass.

compared to the other engines ma mopar made?

nope

but feel free to spin it however you want

 

[318willrun]

compared to the other engines ma mopar made?

nope



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Couldn't ya buy a mopar with a 2.6 mitsibussshhi, 2.2 K-car with timing belt/head gaskets blow'n, 3.7 V6, 4.7's, I think I can name a few Ma Mopar would rather me not mention... LOL I think a 318 looks pretty cool compared to them But rather they be cool or not, they are "Hip" right now Instead of thousands on a 408, you coulda had a 318 and been "hip".

 

[diymirage]

Instead of thousands on a 408, you coulda had a 318 and been "hip".
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see if you can pick the 318 out of the 408 lineup ;)

 

[318willrun]

see if you can pick the 318 out of the 408 lineup ;)



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[emsvitil]

Way cooler than 305's

 

[Ahoey]

Maybe cos you're a closet ford guy, but come on, ma mopar brought us the poly engine (yes, also in 318, ironically) the 340, the Sixpacks, 3 generations of hemis...and even the indestructible slantie

In that line up, the 318 is basically a K car
Sure, it saw ma mopar through some hard times, but cool?

Nah

Thought Chrysler bought the slant 6 design from General Motors. I could be wrong. But thought I read that somewhere.

 

[diymirage]

Thought Chrysler bought the slant 6 design from General Motors. I could be wrong. But thought I read that somewhere.

they might have, but if they did it was before my time

 

[Ahoey]

they might have, but if they did it was before my time

I know that the reason for the slant was to obtain a lower hood and fender line. But the old slantie is a very reliable engine. I’ve seen it in everything from gensets to combines

 

[diymirage]

I know that the reason for the slant was to obtain a lower hood and fender line. But the old slantie is a very reliable engine. I’ve seen it in everything from gensets to combines

it is very similar to what VW did with their VR and W line of engines, figure out a way to get as much engine in as little engine bay as possible

and yes, they are considered nearly indestructible

someone once said that after a nuclear apocalypse all that would be left would be cockroaches driving slant 6 darts

 

[Unconventional]

someone once said that after a nuclear apocalypse all that would be left would be cockroaches driving slant 6 darts