What vehicles had a HIPO 318?
I won't argue the early 'teeners were better than later versions in stock form, but just try to find one that doesn't need boring and pistons anyway- there goes any advantage. Same could be said for the later LA rollers; heck, they're going on forty years old now too. There's always the chance of finding a low-mile motor that you can get away with a dingleball hone and reuse the stock pistons, but your odds are better playing the Lotto. Your chances are much better with a 5.2 Magnum for that.
OP, the only "Hipo" LA 318s* I've ever personally seen were in mid-late '80s cop cars- I won't say they never made it into other vehicles, but I haven't seen one. But then again I live under a rock sometimes. The one and only cop 318 I've had apart did have a windage tray, though; although I honestly can't remember if it had a double roller timing chain.
*That's LAs- if you want to talk Poly 318s, yeah- they made some cool Hipo versions (but that's another story, and a whole different dialogue).
I won't argue the early 'teeners were better than later versions in stock form, but just try to find one that doesn't need boring and pistons anyway- there goes any advantage. Same could be said for the later LA rollers; heck, they're going on forty years old now too. There's always the chance of finding a low-mile motor that you can get away with a dingleball hone and reuse the stock pistons, but your odds are better playing the Lotto. Your chances are much better with a 5.2 Magnum for that.
OP, the only "Hipo" LA 318s* I've ever personally seen were in mid-late '80s cop cars- I won't say they never made it into other vehicles, but I haven't seen one. But then again I live under a rock sometimes. The one and only cop 318 I've had apart did have a windage tray, though; although I honestly can't remember if it had a double roller timing chain.
*That's LAs- if you want to talk Poly 318s, yeah- they made some cool Hipo versions (but that's another story, and a whole different dialogue).