should i be ashamed?

[2much2learn]

my friend has a 83 corvette stingwray with a 440 and my other friend has a nova with a 440 also, they kind of snicker at me because my 74 charger has a 318.......honestly, is haveing a 318 something to be ashamed about?

[8WHEELER]

my friend has a 83 corvette stingwray with a 440 and my other friend has a nova with a 440 also, they kind of snicker at me because my 74 charger has a 318.......honestly, is haveing a 318 something to be ashamed about?

You honestly have two Chevy friends with 440 Mopar engines in them     that is amazing.

Well if they have big block cars, you can still always say, I can go twice as far on a tank of gas, and
at todays prices thats getting to be more of a thought...............

Dan

[mikesbbody]

are you serious? (about your friends with mopars motors in their bowties) nothing wrong with 318's great little motors!

[2much2learn]

should i swap it out?  is bigger always better?

[myk]

Is having a 318 causing famine, plague and disease around the world?  No, of course not, and your car will run with that motor 'till the end of the world.  In my opinion though, if you wanna' do the muscle car thing "proper"  there's nothing better than a thumping big block in a 60's mid-size car like a B-body Mopar.

What's your goal for the car?  Do you have money to support your goal?  If you just wanna' have a Charger and drive it around just for the sake of having a Charger then leave it alone.  If you want proper bragging rights, get a 440.

Also, are you saying that your friends have Dodge 440 engines in their cars, or that their cars have 440 cubic-inch motors?

Finally, sounds like your friends are real jerks.  You might wanna' do a new-friend 'mod...

[1969chargerrtse]

This is funny.  I was thinking yesterday If I could slip a 6 cyl in my RT I would so I could just drive around and look cool.  My 440 sucks gas way way to much to enjoy.  I really think about what it will cost each time I cruise.  Oh well what can I do?  318 is a great Mopar motor, you're always going to find bullies making stupid comments.  Save money on fuel, have fun.  They must have 427's or 454's, no way 440's?   Either way they are at the pumps a lot more than you.

[TruckDriver]

This is funny.  I was thinking yesterday If I could slip a 6 cyl in my RT I would so I could just drive around and look cool.  My 440 sucks gas way way to much to enjoy.  I really think about what it will cost each time I cruise.  Oh well what can I do?  318 is a great Mopar motor, you're always going to find bullies making stupid comments.  Save money on fuel, have fun.  They must have 427's or 454's, no way 440's?   Either way they are at the pumps a lot more than you.

No 440's in Chevys

[Shakey]

You actually care what others think about you with regards to what size engine is in your car?   

[charger01]

doubt they are 440's either......

[dpm68]

Yea, 440s in Chebbys? If they are packing them, then by all means, get us some pics, please. Other than that, 318s got a right to be out there too.

[TK73]

Know a guy North of Seattle that put a 440 in a '69 Camaro... 

[BrianShaughnessy]

Here's another tidbit you need to learn...  Except for (1) that's in the Corvette museum in Bowling Green...  there were NO '83 Corvettes.   

[Charger_Fan]

Here's another tidbit you need to learn...  Except for (1) that's in the Corvette museum in Bowling Green...  there were NO '83 Corvettes.   

True.

Ok, so all info corrections aside, who cares what others think of your car? If you like it & enjoy driving it, that's all that should matter.   If your friends are making fun of you for something like that & are halfway serious about it, they aren't very good friends. Sounds like they're a bit insecure of themselves, if they need to diss your ride.

[Chad L. Magee]

Here's another tidbit you need to learn...  Except for (1) that's in the Corvette museum in Bowling Green...  there were NO '83 Corvettes.   

Actually, you are wrong on that one, Brian.  Chevrolet did make a few (around 20 or so) for testing purposes, but just did not advertise that they would be avaliable for purchase afterword (they were slated to be crushed, but a few survived).  If Chevrolet had their way, you would have been correct.  One of the testing 83s is owned and has been restored by a member of the local Corvette club (Mid-Missouri Corvette Club) that I used to be a member of.  I have seen it at the 63 Diner show here in town and at parades downtown.  I know the literature quotes only one produced, but that was counting only the one you mention for release to the public......

[69*F5*SE]

318's are way cool.  440's are just cooler. 440's in chevy's 

[1BAD68]

my friend has a 83 corvette stingwray with a 440 and my other friend has a nova with a 440 also, they kind of snicker at me because my 74 charger has a 318.......honestly, is haveing a 318 something to be ashamed about?

No, would you be ashamed driving a 327 SS or a Boss 302 or  340 'Cuda?
Fact is that back in the day more big blocks had their ass's handed to them by small blocks than people want to admit.
Don't suffer from big block envy, long live the mighty 318!

[TheGhost]

Your 318 is bigger, and probably more powerful, than the 273 in my Barracuda.

Does that make you feel a little better?

[BigBlackDodge]

Tell'em they're compensating for something.



BBD

[TheGhost]

Tell'em they're compensating for something.



BBD

That's already obvious.  One of them owns a Vette.

[CHARGERMAN2007_69]

hell man i had a 318 in my charger till i blew it up it was from a 1980 mirada when i blew that motor up i just went to one of my buddies junkyad near me and heck he just gave me a 1976 cordoba 400 whitch is in there now so he gave me a back up motor and it is a 71 400 4 bbly out of like a new port or a new yorker idk but ive been tearing it down for the past week or so and know i just bought a high rise intake for it now its goin to be a 400 stroker turned to a 512

[Goodz]

I have a 318 in my car and when I say its a 318, people dont laugh, but they kinda act like, "aww,  that's cute!" 

Anyway, I read an article somewhere that a guy got 490 HP out of a 318 with some modifications.  i say, if you got the money, get your 318 modded and blow their doors off with your iddy biddy 318. 

[Khyron]

Line up with the guy with the vette for a race...

when it's go time, just turn into him, watch the fiberglass shatter...

Then cross th eline with your BIG STEEL 318 POWERED car with a small scratch on the fender...

watch him cry...

bask in his sorrow...

then kick him in the nuts

[CHARGERMAN2007_69]

shit man al i have to do to beat a new mach 1 is put my charger in to first and their done for

[Chad L. Magee]

This is funny.  I was thinking yesterday If I could slip a 6 cyl in my RT I would so I could just drive around and look cool.  My 440 sucks gas way way to much to enjoy.  I really think about what it will cost each time I cruise.  Oh well what can I do?  318 is a great Mopar motor, you're always going to find bullies making stupid comments.  Save money on fuel, have fun.  They must have 427's or 454's, no way 440's?   Either way they are at the pumps a lot more than you.

Hey now, don't be cloning the /6 Chargers, ya hear.     LOL, just kidding...  Still, not too shabby of an idea to do, as you can save wear and tare on your orginal engine for the big shows, plus you could still potentially blow away some of the ricers on the road if you built the /6 up a bit......

[Khyron]

Hey now, don't be cloning the /6 Chargers, ya hear.     LOL, just kidding...  Still, not too shabby of an idea to do, as you can save wear and tare on your orginal engine for the big shows, plus you could still potentially blow away some of the ricers on the road if you built the /6 up a bit......

built up slant 6? 

[Chad L. Magee]

Line up with the guy with the vette for a race...

when it's go time, just turn into him, watch the fiberglass shatter...

Then cross th eline with your BIG STEEL 318 POWERED car with a small scratch on the fender...

watch him cry...

bask in his sorrow...

then kick him in the nuts

Now, now, don't be dumping to much on vettes too much.  I happen to own one (70 Stingray), but I agree that most of the vette owners do have an attitude that their car is so much better than anything else when they are not.  Been thinking of puttin a /6 with the hyperpack in my vette for    at the car shows.  That would pretty much get me banned from Vette clubs though. .....

[Chad L. Magee]

Hey now, don't be cloning the /6 Chargers, ya hear.     LOL, just kidding...  Still, not too shabby of an idea to do, as you can save wear and tare on your orginal engine for the big shows, plus you could still potentially blow away some of the ricers on the road if you built the /6 up a bit......

built up slant 6? 

Very nice, I am sure it would be a runner with that setup.  Just wish my Charger came that way from the factory......

I still like the independent webbers (6 single bbl. carborators) that I have seen on an /6 Aussie Charger over at moparts.  It gave me ideas on a project that I want to build (not my C code car)......

[ChargerSG]

318's are way cool.  440's are just cooler. 440's in chevy's 

 

[BlaineKaiser450]

i think 318's are sweet. I want to have a BB Charger just because and i want a 318 Charger to have as a daily driver when im older

[Goodz]

That was actually the article I was referring to.  It was 415hp, not 490.  My bad.   

[69charger2002]

so does an 83 vetter look like a 80-82 or 84-90???

[The Kid]

so does an 83 vetter look like a 80-82 or 84-90???

It looks like the '84-'90 Vettes.

[Death1970Proof]

NEVER NEVER Underestimate a 318!!! With the right mods they can have the juice! They will keep running when everything else blows up!
You can pass the big blocks when they are at the gas station! 

[moparmusclecars]

I wouldn't worry about those guys. They are teasing you. Can you take a little teasing? I had a 70 Plum Crazy 340 4 spd duster years ago two guys at the bar use to tease me about. They would always say, "how's that little 340 running?" They use to say "there's no replacement for displacement". In the end they told me they really did like my car and were just trying to give me a bad time. They were always trying to buy it from me. (One guy owned a 440 Challenger and the other a '70 Bee original 383 car with a 440 in it).  They are teasing ya, let it go. If it really bugs ya that much, build a 440 and drop it in your car.Then it will be hard for them to say much at all to you. Nothing wrong with 318's.

[G-man]

If you were to be ashamed of having a 318... than, my opinions/thoughts...

A: Dont let Ego get the best of you (hey they got big motors i gotta have a faster 1)

B: You shouldnt have a charger if your ashamed of it


On the positive side...

Let the ricers go around with "whos faster is better" all you need to know is, you got a charger and they dont. 

[evil1]

I think everyone here is being too hard on your friends, you should  be thank full they still talk to you. be ashamed ? ya probably ....

[MoParMetal]

my friend has a 83 corvette stingwray with a 440 and my other friend has a nova with a 440 also, they kind of snicker at me because my 74 charger has a 318.......honestly, is haveing a 318 something to be ashamed about?

YOU OWN A DODGE CHARGER!!!

as long as she runs it doesnt matter what you got under the hood
they're probably jealous.

[69chargeryeehaa]

Put some 440 stickers on the hood, some flowcrappers out back, and NEVER open the hood.   If anyone wants to run you, or asks, say "sure, i got $5000 on me right now, wanna go?" (use your best poker face!!!)