Author: Dodge Aspen R/T 318

S.O.S. Help needed right away…

The 360 engine swap is in and running..The 360 is built and roughly 400 HP so cooling is critical..Bought a Griffin aluminum radiator to fit in my 1978 Aspen from Summit guaranteed to fit and it doesn’t..Just called Summit and they can’t find a radiato…

1978 Aspen grille

My grille needs repair work, what years Aspen/Volare grilles will interchange with my 1978 Aspen..thanks, Jim..

360 Question

Hello, Jim here…went to get a mechanical fuel pump today for my 360, fellow at the parts store asked what year the engine was, told him I would check with the fellow I bought the engine off of..previous owner told me he believed it is a 1971 but to mak…

Radiator question

Hello all, Jim here..Pulled the 318 out of the 78 Aspen today and the 360 is going in this coming new week..The 360 is semi built roughly 375/400 horse, priced an aluminum radiator, 1 row with cooling fan 1,400 bucks, with out fans 880 bucks, cant imag…

Same question one more time

I have a 360 going in my 78 Aspen this week, trans is a 727 with a column shift..I called Dougs and TTI and they said there was nothing for my application..I’m very new to Mopars so there’s a lot to learn, there are guys on here running headers on thei…

Exhaust Manifolds

Hello everyone, I picked up a 360 and I’m thinking about running exhaust manifolds,don’t know if I’m ready to spend mucho dollars on a set of tti headers quite yet..I’ve been reading up on the better flowing Magnum and Jeep Gran Cherokee manifolds..My …

318 upgrades

hello all,Jim here..where I’m at with my 318 today is where a lot of you were at 25 years ago..I have a 1971 318 engine that runs great,I know it has low compression somewhere in the 8:6:1 range..as of this time I’m going to leave the pistons down in t…