Performance value of 360 heads on 318 - Allpar Forums It's a waste of time Even if the 360 was an E58 police engine, the 1974+ J-heads were all low-compression wheezers (including the 587 and 345 heads on the E48 ELE police 318) The 302 heads on the 318 are 9 0, "swirl-port", and designed to accommodate the hydraulic roller cam lifters pushrods In order to run the J-head, you'd have to science out the required pushrod length Keep the roller
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LA engines: 273, 318, 340, 360 - Allpar Forums LA engines: 273, 318, 340, 360 Mike Mulvaney, Altamont, IL: I worked in a shop that ground crankshafts, cams, rods I have never come across a steel 340 crank I know that we have 318 steel cranks, and it seems the 360 has different kinds of iron used My Dad worked there for 47 years says
1983 Dodge D150 short bed factory 6 to 318 swap - Parts. . . Anyway, my truck is a 1983 Dodge D150 Miser short bed slant 6 with a factory 4 speed that I swapped to a 318 out of another 1983 Dodge D150 The donor truck was my Dad's 1983 D150 long bed that was wrecked in early 2021, about six or seven months after my Dad passed in August of 2020
1980s 318 spark plug clearance (RN12YC vs RN14YC) Here's what I found Actually, from an older thread "318 and 360 block are not the same 3 31x3 91 stroke bore vs 3 58x4 00 stroke bore There's more difference than just the bore and stroke Main bearing sizes and bore casting patterns are different 360 block is actually slightly lighter than 318
AM I CORRECT ABOUT CAMMED ENGINES - 318 - 318 ?? | Allpar Forums AM I CORRECT ABOUT CAMMED ENGINES? I'm fixing up a 72 Plymouth Duster 318 that has been cammed, Purple Cam, and has performance pistons The original owner probably built it to only go 800 feet in a straight line for fun I was lucky that I made it from Tulsa to OKlahoma City, as it died in
318 Magnum cold start issue - Allpar Forums So 1995 Dakota 318 runs fine no issues unless it's below about 35 degrees Below 35 it takes a very long time to start (usually 3-4 10 second cranks some times more) during which there is no signs of popping etc Then it will suddenly start with a nice black cloud and backfires which points me
Oil pressure sensor from mid-1980s and up - gt; how does it work? On the 318 and 360 HP Police engines (E48 ELE and E58 EH1), they had an option for an oil pressure guage There were 2 components - a three-prong oil pressure switch (for the light), and an oil pressure sender (for the guage), which was generally tee'd into the oil cooler line, on the "hot" side