i have a 01 ram 4x4 and want to know how much power u can get out of this engine as i was a ford mustang man and this truck is all new to me

 

I know that you can put performance chips in them, because I have thoughts about putting one in my 95 318. And my friends dad bought a chip and he called a man who made them customly. The man asked him why he wanted a chip and he had to finally tell him that he liked to haul quads and jet skis on the weekends and he made him a chip. It depends on how many horses you can crank out of that chip. Just depends on how much you want to spend. Its all up to you. You can also put diffrent cam shafts in it and other goddies. It all up to you.

 

was wondering what the max horsepower u can get out of a stock block 318 as the ford 302 maxed out at around 450

 

In 1967, the new 318 came along, with a 3.91" bore rather than the 273's 3.63" bore. The Mopar V-8 Engines book describes it as being like a short deck, lighter version of the original 318. According to Mark Koskenmaki, all 1967 A-type 318s came from Canada, while vehicles built in the US had the new LA 318.

Chrysler actually made three basic versions of the 318: the first, polyspherical-head version in the 1960s - the second, LA family in the late 1960s and through to the late 1980s/early 1990s - and the final Magnum family, which is still in production for light trucks and Jeeps. The 318 may be discontinued as the first completely new Mopar V-8s since the 1950s are introduced.

large image of a magnum 318The 318 came as the standard V-8 for many years, and was the optional V-8 on Valiants and other small cars in its earlier years, when the 273 was still around. It was used as a police engine, mainly in the M-bodies (Diplomats and Gran Furys), and was often the largest engine available in Valiants and their descendents, the Volare/ Aspens and Diplomat/Gran Furies.

From its introduction in 1967 through its conversion to EFI, the 318 was generally treated as a two-barrel workhorse. With the 340 and 360 around, the 318 kept its "economy carb" from 1968 through 1978, when it got a four-barrel option. Despite its "economy engine" status through many years, the 318 started out as a performance option and ended as one in Chrysler's final police cars, the M-body Diplomat and Gran Fury. (Unfortunately, without rear-wheel-drive sedans to put them in, the Magnum treatment never made it into the police force).

Though the 318's performance came between the GM 305 and 350, it never seemed to have the oil-burning and smoke-producing qualities of those engines. Like the slant six, the 318 has shown itself capable of great abuse at the hands of those non-oil-or-air-filter-changing folk who so often end up behind the wheels of Mopar cars and light trucks.

Rather than coming to the same (performance-oriented) end as the 305/350, though, the 318 was destined to be phased out of cars entirely, and to be used in pickups and Jeeps. Though the modern version has been raised to its potential, with sufficient fuel making its way into the cylinders and more efficient burning, the 318 was rarely really fully appreciated by Chrysler (the pre-1972 340 years are a major exception).


^ from allpar website


230 hp
300 tq

 

still doesnt answer the ? what horsepower r the 318 capable of without going to a aftermarket block

 

www.TheFastman.com Dan Arcade should be able to answer that question easily. Shoot him an email or call him if you wish.

 

When building an engine (which I did many years ago) I shot for 1hp per cubic inch. (I was on a budget) I got this with just a good cam and raising the compression on the pistons and some hooker headers. That and a good ole' holly double pumper. I have yet to rebuild a engine that is fuel injected. Here is my mod guess-

Computer chip - worth 10-15hp
Cat back exahust - worth 10-15hp
Roller Rockers - worth 10hp
Headers worth 7-10hp
CAI worth worth 10hp
Fastman Throttle Body worth 10hp

heres a clip on a supercharger.


http://www.superchargersonline.com/p...=V4CD218-040SQ

Super charger adds almost 90hp

(dont quote me on the above numbers this is just a good guess)

You can pull the cam change out the pistons - change the injectors - change to a high output ignition.

So there is no easy answer to your question. I see the fastman guy has a 1000hp dakota.

Your wallet size and skill will limit your hp most likely.

If I was going to race the truck (if mine was 2wd) like some members Id open my wallet wide and look for a target range of over 400hp.

Since I want to keep this truck driveable and not want to pop the hood that often my goal for my ram is 300hp

Its all about money man.

zeek

 

I didnt want to answer your question i just wanted to post a bunch of bs :P j/k, likey they say however your budget rolls is how much hp you can get outta this motor.

 

im shooting for around 350hp as a good number what would i have to do to achieve that number

 

Well what r u running for gearing, you have to look at tranny also when you mod the motor out, stock tranny will not handle a huge HP load, and to answer question about how much HP you can get out of them, how much are u willing to spend, you can mod a motor out to the point that it scatters itself, I know I have done it, cost me $17,000 and change.