LOL
Are you serious?

oh my lord

 

I would agree with the stuff above, Cat, t-chain, air filter, and Death Flash. Plenums are known to kill power a bit, so check that out for fun.

Just to describe it better (no offence mopowar ) look on your PCM under the hood. If there are ANY stickers on there that say anything about a TSB, Authorized Computer Upgrade, or Computer Flash you have the Death Flash. As stated above only way to fix it is with a Hypertech or Superchips programmer.

I just did my chain this week and I got some noticable power out of it. Nothing major but I could tell for sure and I only have 110k on mine, so if your pushing 170k I would check that for sure

 

Pull the fuel rail and check for clogged injector inlets. I had 3 out of 8 plugged shut on my truck.

 

Alot of it is just the 318. I think it is underpowered for the weight of the vehicle.
Thats where youre noticing the power to weight ratio.
If i could go back, I'd kept my '97 std cab with the 360.
Definitely a night and day difference.

 

IS anyone even considering that he is comparing a 327 to a magnum 5.2? Ive been in a lot of trucks new and old and the 2nd gen 318 with an auto (the manuals have plenty of *****)are pathetic when compared to other manufacturers motors.

He isnt even comparing apples to apples. If he said he drove a buddies truck that had the same specs as his than I would be helping him to trouble shoot, but I think it is just the sluggish 318 auto.

sorry

 

Thank you for the input everyone. I will look at the puter tomorrow & give an update. Haven't thought about the injectors being backed up.

Ram it....thanx. I know who to NOT look to for input on here! [sm=smiley20.gif]

 

I'm not taking sides here, but Ram it could be right. I have a 4x4 ext cab 318 and it is kinda slow. I can't break the wheels loose from a dead stop, but barely can turning a sharp corner. [&:]

 

I love the 318 that my truck has, i think it has a lot of power for the size engine it is =)

Then again i used to drive the 4.3 v6 (262) in an 94 chevy EXT cab short bed... Very very underpowered for the weight it was (4,350 IIRC) and on its last leg...

I end up peeling rubber everytime i punch it, and sometimes peel rubber whenever i barely hit the accel, and im driving on new michelins...

 

ditto justinjohnson..... except im more careful now with new tires, hate to waste them.

 

Im just stating fact. If you said someone elses Dodge truck with the same specs had more ***** than yours than I would start looking for things, but I'll tell you right now the 318 is sluggish if a manual tranny isnt behind it. Not to mention that A lot of the dodges came from the factory with a trac(trash) lok rear. Which can prevent you from spinning your wheels and make it feel like the truck is slow.

and to compare a 4x2 auto or a 4x4 short bed reg cab auto to a 4x4 quad cab or reg cab long box is also not apples to apples either. But a 318 auto in anything other than a reg cab short bed 4x2 is worthless.

Save yourself some time and money and test drive a truck with the same specs, at least that way you'll/we'll know if we are even searching for something.

And as far as not asking me for help, Dont! I dont care but I have tons of info and dont mind helping logical people.


I know I wouldnt be tearing my truck apart to chase down a weak power problem if I just bought it and didnt compare it to something identical to it.[sm=dontgetit.gif][sm=loser.gif]