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That poor challenger leaves like a slug, needs some work, that race shouldn't have even been close, that dart was impressive.

Terry
 
But when talking about 318's, it's funny how everyone can go GA-GA over the Chevy 327 and the big mystique over that motor.....but realistically, with decent compression and heads, a punched out 318 is a more potent motor with it's longer rods and bigger lifter diameter.

No respect, I tell you.....
 
cudavert said:
But when talking about 318's, it's funny how everyone can go GA-GA over the Chevy 327 and the big mystique over that motor.....but realistically, with decent compression and heads, a punched out 318 is a more potent motor with it's longer rods and bigger lifter diameter.

No respect, I tell you.....
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with 318's the UNDER 4" bore is its biggest downfall.. valve shrouding once you get into a decent sized valve..

the Chevy 327 has a nice 4"bore and a 3.25" stroke.. They hit the mark with that engine. 360hp carburated. 1.1 hp/cube..
not too shabby for factory stock.
 
360Z28 said:
with 318's the UNDER 4" bore is its biggest downfall.. valve shrouding once you get into a decent sized valve..

the Chevy 327 has a nice 4"bore and a 3.25" stroke.. They hit the mark with that engine. 360hp carburated. 1.1 hp/cube..
not too shabby for factory stock.
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Actually the smaller bore is the ONLY downfall of a 318 and it doesn't mean the end of the world. If you take into consideration the small diameter lifters and much shorter rods in the 327 the 318 has an advantage. Yeah the high perf. purpose built 327 360 hp engine may whip up on a 318 pretty easy (remember 99% of 318's were 2 barrels) but do up some 1.88 valve heads right (that's all you really need for a small cube engine under 500 hp) and put in a comparable cam and the 318 will do 360 hp easy with just as much torque, if not more as a 327.
 
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