lol. it is one of very few pieces of chrome on my truck that seems to always get dirty.

 

you could throw a set of 360 heads on your 318 they have bigger valves and will bump up the power some did it on a friends

 

are you sure that would work on a magnum engine? i thought the heads used on magnum engines where pretty much all the same.

 

Crazywolfs correct - magnum heads are the same for the most part...

In addition if you did this on an LA engine depending on the head casting you used; you more than likely lost power due to the larger combustion chamber of the 360 heads you would have lowered the compression of the already low compression 318 so the larger valves wouldn't have done any good...

caveat: that is with a stock head...if the 360 head had been milled then that is a different story.

 

Does your truck make the same weird noise sometimes?
And thats what one guy told me to do is just drive it and not worry till it gets really bad but the reason Im worrying about it now is Im about to make a crosscountry trip from alabama to washington state so I want to make sure my truck is ready.

As for getting rid of the computer and getting a carburetor. I understand you can get more power with a carb but do the advantages outway the cons? I mean automobile companys went to Fuel injection for a reason I assume. The only things I can think of a carb is it may be harder to start after it sits awhile and possibly lower mpg.

Ill keep the electric fan in mind but I dont think Ill do it anytime soon if at all.

Thanks for the all the replies and I really appreciate all the help I get here.

 

my trucks pre blown up..3 psi at idle when warm on oil psi...it knocks clicks an so on..still drive it

 

Not sure what the psi means but my engine doesnt knock or click (except for slight exhuast leak) or anything other than what I mentioned in the above post

 

Is $10k our price ceiling here? Or a couple hundred? You can get a lot of motor for $10k. I was assuming a tighter budget, since one of the initial options was rebuilding a 318 with 250+ thousand miles on it. http://www.summitracing.com/parts/DCC-4510594/?rtype=10

 

Well I can afford a couple thousand but not sure I want to dump 10k into the truck just for an engine.

The hemi you have linked too would be nice though, but how would a swap be? I would imagine its not as simple as a 360 swap

 

It sounds like its designed for vehicles that were previously carbureted.