Is a 78 318ci any good

[Roadkill74 SE]

I Have a 1978 318Ci and I was wondering if it was any good for my 74 charger. Also would any of you know any specs of the 318.

[moparguy01]

318s are a good resiliant engine. In a charger they seem doggish, mostly because they lack the lower end torque that a big block offers.
I dont have any specs because I dont know what year 318 it is, they varied greatly from year to year.

[Roadkill74 SE]

it came out of a 1978 Plymouth Volare and its a 2 barrel

[moparguy01]

then unfortunately its going to be a low performance motor, not good for much more than 120-130 HP. the biggest problem is that your car wouldnt be a tire smoking machine, but it would make for a pretty decent daily driver. when i had my 318 in my 74, i would get around 17-19 mpg on the highway, but getting up to speed took awhile. now i have a 440 which gets up to speed fast like, but i get about 5-8 mpg. all about trade offs

[41husk]

it won't be much for power but lots of durability,  You gotta shoot a 318 to kill it.

[moparguy01]

it won't be much for power but lots of durability,  You gotta shoot a 318 to kill it.

not true. you could probably just run it out of oil. or give it to my sister, she can kill anything automotive.

[Wakko]

I have a 78 318 in my Fury and it's God awful slow.  Bump the compression, use better heads and a good cam and you'll make some power but stock I wouldn't reinstall it in a leaf blower.

[41husk]

running it out of oil won't work,  My wife has tried that on several occassions

[moparguy01]

it worked for my sister. she even somehow managed to blow up my old slant 6. i dont know how she did it.

[mopar_head]

i got a thread on here that i started a while back on a high horse powered 318 ..... need to find it though....

[mopar_head]

here it is ...

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,12633.0.html


i got one too and theres alot of stuff u can do to get decent power....but like they said... if ur gunna try to make the thing go fast.. get ready to spend
or u can always get a bigger engine; bigger usually is better