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RE: Need all the info i can get - 4/3/2008 12:04:39 PM    driveramsII   Posts: 47 Joined: 4/1/2008 Status: offline Could probably do it all for $500 or so on the cheap all the way to $1000 and more. Junkyards are your friend. A aftermarket carb and intake can be found sometimes for $100 or so, then just rebuild the carb. Do your own head clean up. (in reply to dolfans) Post #: 16

RE: Need all the info i can get - 4/3/2008 3:24:53 PM    Fnix   Posts: 49 Joined: 9/19/2007 Status: offline quote: ORIGINAL: driveramsII Could probably do it all for $500 or so on the cheap all the way to $1000 and more. Junkyards are your friend. A aftermarket carb and intake can be found sometimes for $100 or so, then just rebuild the carb. Do your own head clean up. But sometimes you can find a larger engine and stuff for the same price of upgrading a lower engine.  But I'd be interested in hearing more about a 400hp 318 < Message edited by Fnix -- 4/3/2008 3:31:40 PM > (in reply to driveramsII) Post #: 17

RE: Need all the info i can get - 5/5/2008 7:28:06 PM    New_to_the_game   Posts: 9 Joined: 4/1/2008 Status: offline well mostly all of us are into off road trucks and since they are going with scottsdale and blazers,  and broncos and f250 i have to find a dodge that will be able to keep up on the trail and have the motor in the mud. so any model and motor preferances (in reply to Fnix) Post #: 18

RE: Need all the info i can get - 5/5/2008 8:06:25 PM    driveramsII   Posts: 47 Joined: 4/1/2008 Status: offline You would be hard pressed to squeeze 400 hp out of a stock displacement 318. If it was bored or stroked it is very reasonable. Im building a 360 bored .30 over in the near future that will put 400 to the wheels no problem if I want it to. My dad is gettin ready to drop in his 318 bored .30 and it will make 300hp no prob. with his edelbrock/summit cam/exhaust. If you know someone to do the machine work, the sky is the limit. (in reply to Fnix) Post #: 19

RE: Need all the info i can get - 5/6/2008 12:48:55 PM    turbododgepirate Posts: 124 Joined: 2/4/2008 Status: offline quote: ORIGINAL: driveramsII You would be hard pressed to squeeze 400 hp out of a stock displacement 318. I don't understand why people find this so hard to believe. I just used google and it took me .0021 seconds to find the article. http://www.moparmusclemagazine.com/techarticles/mopp_0409_318_engine_build/index.html Yes, the motor was bored out, and decked for zero deck. But still, everything else is bolt on. BOLT ON. I really don't see it as being that hard. And now we have a new option. The crosswinds intake manifold can be used on the old LA block or with the new magnum heads.... isn't it wonderful? _____________________________ ad astra per alia porci 1986 Dodge Shelby Charger Panther pink, 2.4 turbo motor. 1985 Dodge D150 (in reply to driveramsII) Post #: 20

RE: Need all the info i can get - 5/6/2008 2:28:16 PM    driveramsII   Posts: 47 Joined: 4/1/2008 Status: offline That is why I said stock displacement 318. Once a motor is bored out it is no longer "stock displacement". Yes you can fairly easily get 400 hp from a bored motor with bolt ons such as magnum heads and full roller valve train. I didnt say it couldnt be done, I said "you would be hard pressed" from a "stock displacement" motor. Those bolt-ons can get pricey to. (in reply to turbododgepirate) Post #: 21

RE: Need all the info i can get - 5/6/2008 3:38:24 PM    Fnix   Posts: 49 Joined: 9/19/2007 Status: offline You can get a 318 to 350hp if you have a shop do some stuff. It will cost about $2500-$3000. And you can get it too around 400hp with some more stuff like a shift kit, high power oil pump, cam. Here is a good way to go. Get a set of KB167 pistons. Have the block bored to the piston specs, deck the block to a height of 9.588". that will give you a zero deck. Recon your rods with ARP bolts. Balance the assembly. Have your stock heads redone with 1.88/1.60 valves. Have them ported. A good bowl port and take as much out of the pushrod pinch on the intake ports as you can. There is a lot of meat there and it can really be opened up. Have the spring pockets machined for Comp 995 springs. A great cam for what you want would be a Comp 20-670-4. I would get the whole kit, your going to need it all anyway. K20-670-4. The kit comes with cam, lifters, timing set, matched springs locks and retainers, seals and assembly lube. You will also need new pushrods. That 318 is a roller engine and you will not be able to reuse the pushrods. 7820-16 if you use stock rockers and 7821-16 with adjustable rockers. Top it of with a RPM intake, air gap or not. And any good 600/650cfm carb. This will get you at least 350HP and nice power curves. (in reply to driveramsII) Post #: 22

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