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Sep 23, 2013 | 02:06 PM

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ChillyPhil

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Originally Posted by mantisman51

Sell it and buy a Cummins. Seriously, though, short of a turbocharger or supercharger, nothing will make a big difference. If you like your V8's in tiny little pieces, go with either of those. These 318's are good ol' workhorses, but never were meant for high performance. The 360 gets a lot worse fuel economy and barely more power; ergo: Cummins.

AMEN. I have a lot of stuff done to my 5.2 and it still doesn't please me. Maybe with different gears or more motor work done, but you might as well get a cummins. When my Ram dies, I plan on getting a 2nd gen cummins if I can find one that isn't beat to crap.

Sep 23, 2013 | 03:26 PM

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Ham Bone

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IMO 360s are worth heavily modding. I mean who wouldn't want a 408? But 318s you just don't have enough to work with if you wanna stay natural induction.

Sep 23, 2013 | 05:13 PM

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dodge dude94

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Originally Posted by Ham Bone

IMO 360s are worth heavily modding. I mean who wouldn't want a 408? But 318s you just don't have enough to work with if you wanna stay natural induction.

IMO, they sound better too.

And yes, stock for stock, I can tell the difference between the 318 and 360 Magnums.

Sep 24, 2013 | 02:05 PM

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ChillyPhil

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How much change do you have to do to fit a 360? Exhaust the same size and everything?

Sep 24, 2013 | 02:25 PM

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Johnn123

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Originally Posted by ChillyPhil

How much change do you have to do to fit a 360? Exhaust the same size and everything?

Its the same motor aha. 360's are externally balanced while 318's are internally balanced (i got that the right way right?). Just need a flex plate for the 360 to swap it over. 360's aren't really that much worse on fuel, and it has 20 more HP and about 80 ft/ibs more of torque. Exhaust should be the same really.