DODGE 360-THE OTHER SMALL BLOCK 

And 350 Chevys don't make similar torque for the hp level? I still like the Mopars too though.

You should check out a 351 Windsor when it isn't choked off with factory 80s-90s truck parts. It's the same kinda thing the 351 didnt come in any muscle cars after 1971 till the 1995 cobra r which made 300 horse 360 torque because it used the same heads and intake that were on the 5.0 cobras at the time which obviously isn't enough for the 351 so even it was kinda choked off and they only made 250 of them. So dodges 360 is similar it only came in trucks and stuff and was severely choked off from the factory just like the 351. He gained over 200 horses on a 351 with a stock bottom end just a top end kit (heads cam intake). This 360 dodge reminds me of that and the Dodges even sound similar to fords.

It's the stock rod length that gives mopar the early torque edge just my opinion 😉

thnx

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@@OCofthe3 Mopar

I AM a Dodge guy, and poor as turd soup, and I was delighted with it! Right in my impoverished, rusty wheel house!

The LS swap has even been done by Grandma at this point. We need modern hemi swaps.

@@jasonwcoleman250 they are expensive, and the hemis in junkyards are the ones with cam and lifter/valve seat issues.

@@jasonwcoleman250 no thanks. Modern=computers, so no old school (screw drivers etc).

John Ringel they need aftermarket why cant it have as much as a Small Block Ford nowadays they mopar has a decent tunning scene

Keep overlooking it !! Our motor sucked !!! Spent 90% of the time fixing problems . Yanked it out of our AWB chevyII street car and in went a 427 infront of the clutchflite !

@@theflyingscotsman9902 uh, what? you had a dodge 360 in a chevy2? lol. thats an insult to the 360

@@OxBlitzkriegxO No shit, I have run these engines for over 40 years.... The scot needs a different hobby

@@theflyingscotsman9902 every Gm or Ford I've owned blew up but not a Mopar. Did 750,000 with a 318 and I tortured that car .sold the 318 to a bloke who put it in his truck and he called to ask why it goes so well. . Gm is like a cheap toy compared to the Chrysler stuff.

if thats all it takes, then my cheapo ass 400 should be just fine.

Yeah, I mean if you dump $1200 in any engine I think youll make good gains

@@NightWrencher It takes a whole lot less than 1200 bucks to make a nice 360. And no not every engine will be fast after $1200.

RICK Metheny : Down here in the land of Oz, the 360 was a permant 245 hp gross 2bbl. We used to find them in big Chrysker by Chrysler long wheel base limos and some Charger Sportsmans. Its heaps more responsive to the right gear than the 318, and it copies the 340 4bbĺ and six pack if the same intake and head flow parts are added. Its actually better than the Cleveland 351 4v if the right head W2 style TransAm casting is used. When the Polyspheric 313 and other A engines got downgraded in 66-68 to the wedge head 273-318-340, Mopar then did some very special W2 Wedge heads, and used Fords NASCAR 366 Triple 2 bbl to test the 340 Six Pack heads. The 360 was ment to be the next big thing in NASCAR but the head castings on the 355 engines they used on the high speed oval track didn't have the 340 W2 upgrades. The politics of what happened in the 426 Hemi verses SOHC FE and the Semi Hemi 429 continued with the small block downgrade. The Gurney heads were gonna be the big upset but Mopar got pi55ed off by NASCAR again. The 360 is the best 350 Chev style engine with its grouped center Rams Horns style exhaust. The response to just porting heads and adding cam is huge...its basically LT1 1970 350 and 71 Boss 351C hp with those last mods but without the fuelie heads or Cleveland 4v castings. Proof of just what a low compression stock block 360 can do with a 4 inch bore and 3.58 inch stroke and those lovely long 6.123 inch conrods and stiff shaft rocker valve trains.

@@deanstevenson6527 they are a great engine, just too bad we didn't get many in Australia. My heads were cracked so I just used Edelbrock heads ,kbs and a Lunati voodoo cam and lifters. Thing makes my Ls look like a slug .

You can easily push past 400 hp with a 360

@Donell Muniz ... both Car Craft magazine & Hot Rod magazine built /modified a 318 & made 400h.p with a bunch of stock OEM parts... so u can definitely do it with a 360... It has a larger cylinder bore & stroke, compared to a 318 ...

@Waylon Miller ... I've owned two D150 Rams, an '87 & '89, both long beds... They are nice trucks... & I had a black 2000/ '01 model w/ the 5.9 Magnum V8

Its not low buck ! We did it and nothing but problems !!!

That's hilarious! What a great story. Somethin tells me that 318 maybe wasnt running to its full potential tho lol Do u remember if it was relatively new still or low km on it, or old and worn?

nick it was pretty new. The engine and interior were still shiny. I think it was about a year old. The church had 3 of them and sold them after 4 or 5 years and bought 3 Chevy vans with 350 tbi engines in them. Still not a ton of power, but they had the 700r4 and 4:10 gears, so hauling 15 people and a trailer to summer camp was possible. Now they have a medium size motor coach. Much better!

Probably all most same hp but weaker torque curve

@@TheBukesde the 318 will make the same horsepower as the 360 will less torque, but the 318 will have to rev more to match that horsepower. That being said, the sound of a high revving 318 will send chills down your spine

318 shares bottom end components with 340. Only a bore difference. 318 gets allot of bad publicity.

How about a 318 stroker?

@@somethinburnin exactly true mate, you know your stuff. The old 318 is a fantastic engine, I love my hot 360 but it's not hard to get a 318 to hammer.

Dude watch my dyno vid! With trickflows made 530 on a 360!

@@SimpsonsSpeedShop Oh yeah! thank you for the heads up I will go watch your video since I have more the a few 360 la blocks laying around.

that's big power from a 360

SimpsonsSpeedShop Where?

Ron G, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fsUY-lZ9Cjc.html

Airwolf1971 :Oh yes, a proper set up for unmatched part thrittle emissions and econmy is the metering rod Carter based Mech Sec carbs. The 360 was an in field angel engine...not a Big Block Silent Warrior. For potential, its the best small block. High port heads were an LA thing. Poor intake flow was sorted by the W2 heads. Any 360 ( or 340!) is a 9.22, 9.5 small block beater. Even better if it does so with Spreadbore. Mopar really did a lot of great emissions era work on that engine. Its a true sleeper. Only thing is getting the whole intake side to flow from valve back to the throttle blades.Working through the Metering rod 4bbls and intake manifolds to get Holley 4bbl 780 cfm performance is very difficult. You loose 25 hp with a fine atomising Edelbrock verses a good Vac Sec 4150. Everything else.... the rocker gear, block, crank, conrods, exhaust flow are all on the same page. The intake needs some Pontiac 400-455 Qjet style development work. Porting baby. Everything else was Engineering First..Chryslers Early Maxim!

Back when I bought one for my 79 Power Wagon, there was a 650 Holley too, but the speed shop said it was junk. I think I paid about $700 for it.

nick wheaton Totally agree!!!!! Magnum Big Bang!!!!!!

1.2 lb-ft per cubic inch is a good street motor

Which China head?

That’s a comparo is like to see

Well, those heads Had to be machined to allow that valve lift and different springs ....That ain't exactly cheap....

happy to help

@Bill Hickman they do crack, although on a street engine the small ports with good flow are a nice combination. With the money to convert to magnum heads though, I think most people would have been better off to go with aftermarket LA heads or use go all magnum.

I hate on Magnums because they went to inferior Chevy-type stud rockers, and, like Vortec SBs, you need a new manifold that you wont find for 75 bucks on Craigslist. And factory Magnum heads always crack between the valve seats. Mopar going from Mopar engineering to GM engineering is part of their decline.

@@donellmuniz590 they were in decline for a long time before that, a bigger contribution to their decline is the cost of all that "superior" engineering that gave the consumer zero benefit. Shaft mounted rockers are a largely theoretical benefit, while Chrysler being the bottom rung in build quality reliability and value are all very real issues.

@@donellmuniz590 there was absolutley NO REASON to use shaft mounted rockers on a street engined car.

@Bill Hickman anything that fits an la will fit a magnum, except heads and intake. those avenues have been opened too. ill take the magnum. better oiling, newer engine with better quality control, etc.

please have a seat right there

My cousin had a Dakota with the 360 or 5.9 it was a blast!

Great suggestion!

Definitely like to see that ... planing an LA build for fall.

Lil red express used a 360

@@MrTheHillfolk beat the Corvette by a whole second in the 1/4 at that.

@@405bikelifeallin5 😮

we ran edelbrocks on this too

@@richardholdener1727 But Magnum is coming? Pretty please? :)

Nice, i have a 76 d100 basically the same build with flat top pistons and eddie heads (stock bottom end with a windage tray). Comes alive at 2k and pulls hard all the way through.

don't the little GT45 would support 28 psi-maybe not even 14 psi

Nobody thinks a SBE 318 will survive above 600hp

Your own math suggests 785/hp 900ftlbs is easily achievable at 14psi

Your content is THE BEST.

My nieghbor has a 11:1...390 in his amx.....thing sounds mean!!! Are amx and amc the same??

@@trentdawg2832 AMC, American Motors Corporation is the company. AMX, American Motors E(X)perimental was the car model.

I built a AMC 360 for my wife's Grand Wagoneer. Punched it out .030, put on a Edelbrock intake and 600 CFM carb, a decent cam, Hedman mid length headers, MSD ignition box, Accel Accel yellow coil. That made the Wagoneer a real ball to drive. I regret selling that truck to this day.

AMC engines are far superior to almost any American made block because of the very high nickel content of the block and heads from 304 to 401 they are fantastic engines! You must do the oiling mods on a performance build however . I've had great luck with the 360/ 401 using the Holley 500 circle track carb and no other mods to double the mpg and grab another 50 hp all through the curve✌

@@razorrockman1286 you are absolutely correct. My engine builder that machined my 360 block told me that he could always tell the difference in boring a AMC block and a block from any of the Big Three brands.

I did a Boss 302-probably similar

good combo

IT WAS LOUD

I find a lot of aftermarket electric fans very noisy.

was the 360 in the van on the dyno built then?

Cheater cam?

Merry XMas

Any time!

me too

we did an easy 365 hp with 882s and a mild cam-all motors can make power

GO TELL SOME MOPAR FRIENDS

@@richardholdener1727 you need projects?

@@richardholdener1727 I'm sure Steve D. Has a few laying around