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Mopar 318 Engine - Cheap as Dirt

DYNO CHART
SuperFlow 901 Engine Dyno
STP Correction Factor
Tested at Westech

CORRECTED TORQUE

RPM BASE DEMON LUBE TAPER ROCKER
3,600 373 369 370 375 372
3,800 372 371 370 374 373
4,000 368 372 369 373 368
4,200 366 367 367 374 366
4,400 371 369 372 378 373
4,600 378 379 384 386 380
4,800 388 387 390 394 389
5,000 385 387 392 393 383
5,200 377 380 387 386 379
5,400 375 370 381 381 378
5,600 362 363 367 370 368
5,800 349 350 358 358 359
6,000 342 348 356 356 358
6,200 338 344 349 352 338
6,400 326 332 336 339 323
6,600 - - - 323 311

Corrected Horsepower

RPM BASE DEMON LUBE TAPER ROCKER
3,600 255 253 253 259 255
3,800 269 268 268 271 269
4,000 280 283 281 284 281
4,200 292 294 294 299 292
4,400 311 309 312 317 313
4,600 331 332 336 338 333
4,800 354 354 356 360 355
5,000 366 368 373 374 365
5,200 373 376 383 382 375
5,400 385 380 391 392 389
5,600 385 387 391 392 392
5,800 384 387 395 395 397
6,000 391 397 407 409 409
6,200 400 406 412 415 399
6,400 397 404 409 413 393
6,600 - - - 406 391

Legend
Base: Baseline Combo: ThermoQuad Carb
Demon: Switch to 750 Mighty Demon Carb on 1" spacer
Lube: Switch from 20/50 mineral oil to 2/20 Lucas synthetic
Taper: Switch from 1" open to HVH 1" tapered spacer
Rock: Switch from 1.5:1 factory valvetrain to aluminum 1.6:1 roller rockers

FLOW CHART
Mopar #597 360 Castings
2.02/1.60 Valves
SuperFlow 600 Bench
Tested @ 28" Water
Tested By Dulcich

LIFT INT EXH*
0.1 62 54
0.2 131 106
0.3 179 144
0.4 222 166
0.5 244 180
0.6 221 185
*Exhaust tested with flow tube
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