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  1. Fish Stix

    318 Edelbrocks and fuel guzzling

    Hi guys - as always - I value your collective knowledge and insight. I have a Trojan F32 twin engine that's been running well on new Edelbrock carbs, and pertronix distributors. The problem is that on a 30 NM trip, the starboard side used 43 gallons, but the port side used 33 gallons...
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    318 intake gaskets - am I the idiot?

    Hi guys - a long while ago I did head work on my 1980-era 318's, and put the cross-over restrictor plates in only one of the installs. Now, in the hot weather, the engine without the restrictor plates has been acting up hen hot, so I figured it's time to put new gaskets with the restrictor...
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    LM 318 with one oily plug

    Before I start my weekend - perhaps one of you guys can help me with my 1984 Chrysler Marine LM 318 reverse rotation (1 2 7 5 6 3 4 8) timed to 5° BTDC and a gap of 0.035. It has a pertronix distributor and fairly hot pertronix coil, and an edelbrock 1409 carb. It was all working fine, just...
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    318: water blown out of spark plug holes!

    Feel free to laugh - but I'd like hear some of my options 1 - it's an easy fix 2 - that's a massive screw up 3 - 360s are the way to go - buy two After a truly extended maintenance period - I finally got the heads back on my port motor. The port motor is a FWC 318 with center risers and an...
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    318 - Time for a new head gasket... what else?

    I used to have a Luhrs with a single 360, now I have a Trojan with two 318's - all was well until... I took the Trojan out after setting idle(s), installing new FWC riser gaskets, and a few other minor things (rust removal and paint). Boat ran fine on the way out, but at 2500+ RPM, the port...
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