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    Making power out of the 318

    Yes but this guy fails to mention as seen in the video the big block is missing the alternator, brackets and crank pulley that the small block has!
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    273 dilemma

    Correct me if I am wrong but as far as I knew a 318-3 was a heavy duty truck motor and had a steel crank in it and fully floating rods as well as other strength parts.
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    Spark plug gaps

    I tried opening the plug gap on my 410 as Bewy recommended to 50 thou! It idled a little bit better and was a tad more responsive down low but on full throttle @ over 6000rpm it would backfire badly. I did not cure that back fire until I closed the gaps up to under about 40 thou. My 410 has...
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    Good Cam Choice?

    All I know is the cam in my 410 with 5 speed manual idles @ 850 rpm with 14 inches of vacuum, will pull down to 1000rpm in fifth gear and pull away like a train and does not jump and buck slowing down in gear and is good on fuel for a 410 (21mpg) on a run with 3.91 diff ratio. My cam is a 242 @...
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    How true

    Back in the early eighties in Australia I went to a spare parts store and asked for an inlet gasket set for a 1980 ford falcon with 351 clevo. He brings me out a 4v gasket set. I say no I need a 2Vgasket set. He askes does it have a 4 barrel or 2 barrel carb? I say it does not mater all late...
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    Basic 318 Mods

    I don't understand why you guys live in such cold and miserable climates! Here it has been a bit mild and rainy this week but about 30c (86F) but next week we are in for a hot spell predicted to be about 44c (112F). Thanks for A/C . My 55 year old Charger has A/C and steer and has only 90,000...
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    Better Torque From A 318

    Hi! I have been reading this with interest as I have recently bought another Aussie 1973 Valiant Charger 770 with 318 auto, A/C and Steer with 90 thousand KLMS on it (56k miles)This car is absolutely imaculate and the paint is about 90% original and mint! The 318 has a 4 barrel manifold and...
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    360 oil leak at back of intake manifold

    Be carefull that is where the oil is comming from. I spent quite a time trying to find the source of an oil leak comming from the back of the engine. I eventually found that the oil pressure switch has a tapered thread and previous owner had over tightened that switch cracking the block. After...
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    What Carb for Poly Stroker

    Thats funny! I think those Kangaroos are one of the dumbest animals on the planet!
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    What Carb for Poly Stroker

    Bewy! When you and I raced in the mid seventies a mate had a 340 charger that I got to meet him after I repaired his 340 charger after hitting a telegraph pole. That car ran 14.4 sec qtrs and the only modification from std was dual exhausts as from the factory they had small single exhaust. My...
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    13 sec. 360 for $3,000?

    I did this in the seventies. I bought a low mileage 360 (6000 miles) but it had a split bore. I think I paid about $300 for it. I was given a set of second hand 340 pistons so I sleeved that bore then sent it 040 over and fitted the 340 pistons! My dad being a pre war motorbike racer and tuner...
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    Is it possible for 318 to run with dist. 180 deg. off ???

    Just read on the Hughs site how to set up cam timming and it says as per all manuals crank dot to 12 oclock and cam gear to 6 oclock ! But to insert the distributor in you must turn the engin over one more revolution as this will have the distributer at number six so one more turn of the motor...
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    Street 360 W/.528" P.S. Cam

    Bewy I will correct you. I have known you for close to forty years or more ! I do not deny that a tighter lobe seperation makes more power! What I am saying is it makes for a terrible lumpy driver of a car especially a manual. As you have always seen I like manuals and back in the seventies when...
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    Street 360 W/.528" P.S. Cam

    Bewy a 98 LSA may make great horsepower on an engine dyno contest but what would it be like in a street car around town in a manual especially. I have a custom cam in my 410 by mike @ B3 engineering and it is a 238/242 on a 112 LSA with 610 lift and it will pull away in fourth gear without a...
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    Funny Car Acronyms

    Someone I used to know always said "If you can't afford a Dodge, Dodge a Ford"
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    How interchangeable are 318 harmonic balancers?

    Yes that is the Aussie style spacer and yes just use a rat tail file and elongate that spacer as everyone of us mopar philes have done in the past.
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    318-3 Closed Chamber Truck Heads

    Those 318-3 engines were only used in trucks and yes the heads take different plugs and have water heated crossover instead of exhaust gas! The engine itself has double row timming chain, fully floating conrods and steel crankshaft so all is heavy duty for trucks but on the down side has...
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    How interchangeable are 318 harmonic balancers?

    What you guys really don't understand is in Australia CAL imported the engines in batches so our 1971 model car might have a 1969 USA engine in it from the factory. If it has an alloy water pump it is a late engine but if it has a cast iron water pump it is an early engine. So the timing mark on...
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    Hylift Johnson Lifters Quality Decreasing?

    Our toilets don't swirl! They are a far better system than you have overseas, but yes our sinks do swirl the opposite to the northern hemisphere!
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    71 340 running bad

    If he don't have nothing to worry about, that means that he has a lot to worry about!
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    Chinese BBD Knockoff...?

    The biggest problem my dad had about 40 years ago with those BBD carbs was GM (holden) mechanics pulling them apart and not putting the two ball bearings back in in the correct places. My dear old dad always used the say the only problem with a Valiant was the holden (GM) mechanics working on them!
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    408 roller cam?

    That sounds like a good street cam 360 Duster!
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    Use a table ban saw to hack off the 340 piston crown .

    Gee you guys! Leave Jesurment alone. Can't you see he is on a mission from god!
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    Question my wife asked

    Getting back to wives I remember the words my new wife said when I placed the ring on her finger 50 years ago. You have done it now mate! Those words still send chills down my spine. Butt she turned out good.I wishnshe was alive comforting me now!
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    LA360 compression

    Don't worry about how much comp you can run with good alloy heads as I run trick flows with 12 to 1 comp and 205 cranking comp in a manual car and it does not ping on premium fuel! It has a 238/242 610 lift on a 112 L/sep cam .
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    Use a table ban saw to hack off the 340 piston crown .

    I remember my dad saying back in the thirties whe my dad raced a Rudge motorcycle he said he welded up his cams and reground them casting his own pistons and making his own alcohol fuels as well. Why, because you couldn't just buy performance parts then. But when your systems worked you were...
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    408 roller cam?

    I agree, to big for the street! Look at the spring pressures required, 245 closed. That is for a race car probably to rev to eight grand or more.
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    Cam bearing issue

    When I assembled my 318 I had a tight cam bearing and as I was not as smart as some of you guys , didn't think to cut my old cam up. I measured all the thinks I had and presto my aluminum Jack handle was the correct size. I wraped some wet and dry around it and using plenty of wd40 reamed it...
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    LD340 MODIFICATION OR NOT?

    Thats in Australia and as new edelbrock manifolds are around $1200 people will pay good money for used ones.Hell even a 750 holley is near a grand new here! Our aussie dollar is only about 65c to the US dollar.But on the other hand our wages are very big at the moment as my smash repair...
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    i need a little 340 help. Lets Talk head gaskets

    That edelbrock head has closed chambers!
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