318 74 dart opinions?

DartDemon · 11-27-2007, 08:34 PM

Hey, I have a 74 dodge dart, and I want to put a 318 in but I still want decent horse power. This isnt intended to be a race car just a "fun" street car I can switch off and drive. I have the disc conversion in the front, and a 8 3/4 with posi ready to go in, but i want to buy ladder bars and coils for the back. I an also going to replace the torsion bars and putt coils and stronger controller arms. But my question is with a 318 can i spend little money and still get 370+ hp? i have a block heads/cam/ect all stock 318. And the block is still good. But in new to mopar and this whole car has been a long learning experience.

1974duster · 01-11-2008, 02:57 PM

the 318 can get 370 hp there was magazine that did a write up on the 318 and got 400 hp out of it here is a good web site for suspension http://www.performancesuspension.com/
here is other write found on the 318
http://www.geocities.com/alwest_83/318
here is the magazine i was talking about
http://www.moparmusclemagazine.com/t...ild/index.html
not to bad doing little bit of searching

i got a 74 plymouth duster it has a slant six i got everything to change it over to a 318 for $500 i wish i got a 8 3/4 i just got 8 1/4 let me know how things go

11-27-2007, 08:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
DartDemon Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1	318 74 dart opinions? Hey, I have a 74 dodge dart, and I want to put a 318 in but I still want decent horse power. This isnt intended to be a race car just a "fun" street car I can switch off and drive. I have the disc conversion in the front, and a 8 3/4 with posi ready to go in, but i want to buy ladder bars and coils for the back. I an also going to replace the torsion bars and putt coils and stronger controller arms. But my question is with a 318 can i spend little money and still get 370+ hp? i have a block heads/cam/ect all stock 318. And the block is still good. But in new to mopar and this whole car has been a long learning experience.

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01-11-2008, 02:57 PM	#2 (permalink)
1974duster Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 5	the 318 can get 370 hp there was magazine that did a write up on the 318 and got 400 hp out of it here is a good web site for suspension http://www.performancesuspension.com/ here is other write found on the 318 http://www.geocities.com/alwest_83/318 here is the magazine i was talking about http://www.moparmusclemagazine.com/t...ild/index.html not to bad doing little bit of searching i got a 74 plymouth duster it has a slant six i got everything to change it over to a 318 for $500 i wish i got a 8 3/4 i just got 8 1/4 let me know how things go