Lean burn engines

[Ray Drouillard]

Actually, there is no resemblance.  The 360 was created long before Chrysler
bought AMC.  My dad had a '74 Matador wagon with that engine.  It's a real
workhorse, but tends to be drippy.

Ray


----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Dotson" <crdotson at vt.edu>
To: <diy_efi at diy-efi.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 8:44 PM
Subject: Re: Lean burn engines


> > If you have seriously "open" chamber heads--with no squish area--you're
> out
> > of luck on this one.
>
> I noticed you were running an AMC 360 V8....I'm assuming this is roughly
the
> same as the Dodge 360 V8 since Chry Co bought out AMC either late 70s or
> early 80s.  If that's the case, you are IN luck.  My 88 Ramcharger with
the
> 318 has swirl-port heads with smaller chambers (more squish area) than the
> 360 heads.
>
> Most 318s from 85+ had them....you can identify them by the "302" casting
> number.  I think that designation is near the end of the casting number on
> the head, but I am not sure.  The only potential problem with these heads
> for your use is the smaller ports from the 318 engine, although some
serious
> porting and installation of larger valves COULD bring them back to 360
flow
> specs.  OTOH, the greater turbulence induced by the smaller port/valve
area
> could help your lean-burn goals even more.  Hey, these WERE the heads used
> on the lean-burn 318!!!
>
> Craig Dotson
> crdotson at vt.edu
> 2002 VT FormulaSAE
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
> To unsubscribe from diy_efi, send "unsubscribe diy_efi" (without the
quotes)
> in the body of a message (not the subject) to majordomo at lists.diy-efi.org
>
>

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe from diy_efi, send "unsubscribe diy_efi" (without the quotes)
in the body of a message (not the subject) to majordomo at lists.diy-efi.org