bullet proof 318

I wouldn't treat an 1800 B motor like I would a Dodge 318. My wife drives a Dodge van with a 318 in it. These engines are one of the toughes engines ever produced. My family have always be Crysler people. My uncle owen the Dodge dealership in my home town. I had a 60 Dodge with a 318 in it when I was a kid and it went through ALLLLLLLLL kinds of hell. I didn't change the oil,i used bulk oil when I added oil to it. It was 25 cents a quart. I run the living piss out of it. You got to appreciate this was the early to mid 60's. The years of the muscle cars. Burn outs,racing dirt back roads,drag racing on the streets,and reving the motor till she wouldn't rev any more. That old Dodge never gave me but one problem. I rung the right rear axel off reving her up in netual and dropping it in first gear to pick up another foot or to of rubber on the road. No, I don't suggessed that you treat your LBC anything like the OLD Detroit iron of yesteryear. If you do it wil break.

Has anyone tried to install a 318 in a MGB???

Is it possible???

It might, be fun to rejuvenate a junkyard
MGB, for fun...

I have two boys(14,16), they have time to do this.

Only the 14Yearold will only be able to do this on Sundays...
He works 6Days a week as a oil changer/tire changer/little job mechanic..

Both of them are in High School,(A,B,C) students.

Only the 14yrold & his Sister(19) are working..

Tom,

All you really need as a tool box for that beast was a screw driver and a ballast resistor...

Tim

Those redline-neutral-to drive tranny slams, have a tendency to break axles. I had a buddy who's dad owned a salvage yard, the part chase vehicle was a Dodge Dart with the strait slant six in it(if memory serves) it chucked two rods through the pan, so they dug out the remaining parts, through another oil pan on, and continued to drive it with four cylinders. I was impressed. My favorite saying: "F#ck it, run it"

That 225 slant six is about as bullet-proof as the 318. Love those MOPARs! When I was a kid & ran with the "motor head" crowd, we put those engines through the torture test and they (almost) never gave up.
I don't know if you could shoe-horn a 318 into a B, but I did see a Pontiac V6 setup that looked great. The guy said it runs like a scalded cat. I don't doubt it a bit.

The fact that it had a 318 is the reason I bought my Dakota. 318s and slanty sixes, bulletproof. As a parts salesman I've called on well over 200 garages and have seen fewer cast iron Dodges being worked on than anything. ANYTHING!

my brother has a 69 POLARA 4 door, he bought for $500
8 years ago.. he drove it all the way from NJ to UT on I-80 @ 70 mph.. the thing has over 200,000 miles on it.. but it is like the energizer bunny... just keeps going... all he does is keep changing the oil, plugs etc, when needed.. heads have not been off .. :o)

The memories of youth :
1957 Dodge Custom Royal , red over silver.
383 block, four barrel, duals and pushbutton Torqueflite tranny.
That baby would leave rubber for a block and a half!
(sigh)

You bet Jim. Cast iron Mopars with Torqueflites, bulletproof. It took Mark Kinser a couple of years developement, but he's showed the Sprit Car boys that Mopar can do that trick too. That boy has been kickin' ass and takin' trophies lately.

In '73 I bought a new Dodge challenger with a 318 and torqueflight.
Ran the heak out of that car on the highways of new mexico ( turm used loosly..). Once, while drag racing and manually shifting, slapped it into reverse at redline. Lots of noise and smoking tires, but didn't break anything.
I bought a chrysler cordoba in 81 w/a 318. Ran up 130000 on it. It developed a rear main leak that was improperly repair at a shop. I pulled the pan, fixed the oil pump drive, and pulled a couple of main and rod caps. All the bearings showed no visable signs of wear, and all were within new spec. w/ plastigage.
H.
ps. Shows what regular oil changes/maintainence will do, and will someone remind me what all this has to do with MG's?

Harlan,
I think it is more to do with how we are from similar roots (who would have thunk MOPAR?) than with MGs per se.
My second running vehicle was a 37 Chevy pu with a Chrysler shoehorned in; great for changing the points in a storm, as the firewall was cut to allow for the dist.
Nicknamed the Flying Coffin by the shop class, as it had no rear shocks, a totally gone steering column, stock front suspension, but you could stomp that ride and the whole front would just fly up! Cornering was by skill, not equipment, sort of like learning to play pool.
I never ripped a rear axle, but obviously, an MGC would look good to me.

Chryco's were amazing in that era. everybody thought the Hemi was the cats a*s but my buddy had a Plymouth Fury with the 6 cyl flathead motor that would run well over 100MPH .
What has this to do with MGs......... cool cars are cool cars, MGs, Rods, Customs, cars is cars is cars !!
Jim L

Someone made referance to driving a 318 for 100's of thousands of miles and never having to do anything to it,and they didn't change the oil on any regular bases. My post was to say that you can't expect these 4 cyl push rod 1800 to stand up to the punishment and neglect that a bullet proof 318 can take. I think with all the testimony this is a point well made. I change the oil in my MG's every 2500 miles and use half and half syn. and regular oil.