Jarrod Pilone wrote:
>
> > Running the "915" heads will lower your 318's compression ratio quite a
> bit and
> > that .484 cam will suck in front of an automatic with the stock stall
> converter.
> > Shelby Dakota's are kinda rare and my suggestion would be to not hack it.
> But I
> > love more performance as well so if you don't have smog problems to worry
> about
> > I would remove and store the original 318 and EFI setup. In it's place I
> would
> > drop in a warm 360, which is where you can use those "915" heads to best
> > advantage. Just duplicate the 340 Magnum engine, not to be confused with
> the 93
> > and up "Magnum" engine of 4, 6, and 8 cylinder flavors. If your stuck
> with the
> > 318, either because of smog or money concerns, then you have quite a bit
> of hop
> > up items to choose from. Shelby's are a bit different than non Shelby's
> and I
> > don't recall the Shelby's 318 spec's off hand. But if the 318 is just a
> stock
> > type mill, as in Shelby didn't tweak it, you can replace the stock roller
> cam
> > with a flat tappet cam. You will need a cam, flat tappets, and NEW
> pushrods as
> > the roller cam pushrods are too short, by a long shot. The .455 cam is a
> good
> > suggestion. What are you willing to do to hop this up? What are your
> goals
> > after the hop up? Sounds like your not interested in towing the Empire
> State
> > Building but let us know what you want and then we can point you in the
> right
> > direction.
> >
>
> did i forget to mention to mill those heads like i did with mine and to get
> at least a 2200 stall converter??. whats going on in my head?:). and those
> mills are stock chrysler small block engines shoehorned in a dakota.
>
> Jarrod
>
> Jarrod Pilone moparman@laker.net
> http://falcon.laker.net/moparman
> '97 Dakota CC Sport V8, Flowmaster, FIPK
> '72 Dodge Demon, future 12 second 1/4 mile car
The Shelby Dakotas came from the factory with a 2500 stall....
Don
'89 Shelby Dakota #282
'70 Cuda 360-Edelbrock STR-12 Cross Ram 2 Carter AFB's 4 Speed Ect. Ect.
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