intake

[60's Moparman]

How much horsepower would I kill putting a 318 intake on my 360 thanks

[rumblefish360]

What 318 intake. There are sooooo many. What 360 intake is being replaced. You never said. To general.

[60's Moparman]

Sorry about that Rumblefish The 360 didn't have an intake , it's out of a 76 Dodge van, I rebuilt it and stuck it in my 82 D150. Being I didn't have an intake to use I put the 82 318 manifold on it. I think it was a mistake !! It's a stock rebuild with a powermax crane 272 484 cam, like I said with 318 2bbl intake and carburetor. And boy it is a real dog. I just ordered a Edelbrock Performer yesterday , hopefully it helps. THANKS

[Jims451]

The Performer intake should work well.
The engine may seem like a dog if the cam is too large for the trucks RPM range.
That cam will probbably want higher than stock stall for the torque converter and 3.91 or 4.10 gears.

[rumblefish360]

60's Moparman, LOL.

Jims451 is right. That cam is a decent size. It should make some real good HP. I don't know if the power max grinds are any different than the older grinds of the same adv. spec they had years ago. I also had a 274/284-/454/.480 lift Crane. I probly have the cam card still. (LOL)
By now you have the intake. How'd it work?
Also what other specs can you give? Good luck.

[60's Moparman]

Well Jim and Rumblefish I have changed my plan. I don't have the intake yet so I can't tell you anything about it . But doing some research I 've decided to dump the cam for a Comp High Energy 260. I think the Crane was too big for what I'm doing. This is a daily driver and my tow vehicle.setup now will be with Performer intake High Eng. cam and 3:55 gears and thermoquad Thanks for any and all advise

[5thAve]

From everything I've heard and seen the Performer doesn't have any performance over a stock 4bbl intake. It also has 318 sized runners.

The 318 intake would have worked on the 360 if you had been able run a 360 carb on it.

[rumblefish360]

That would be a better cam for a daily driver. The Crane you have in there would work well with a 4bbl, 650 and at least 3.55's. (Depending on tire size.) Nothing less really. Less would hurt.