Back around 1981-82 I remember I was with my friend when we raced his Challenger at a red light against a Corvette and beat it easily. At the next red light Corvette guy says 350 4 speed, when my friend said 318 automatic the look on Corvette guy's face was priceless

This build is like a “Sloppy Mechanics” channel build. But instead of a modern LS engine, using an old, old looked down on Mopar small block. Way more fun!

Oh my God, I’d almost forgotten the trick of swapping pistons and rods in the 318. You’re so right about the porting work. Good old fashioned shade tree hot rod ding from the late 60’s. You bring tears to the eyes of an old geezer like me (72).

I cut my teeth on a 318 in the 80's. . '73 Challenger I bought for 500 bucks. Had an anemic 318 with a 2brl. I threw a cam, 360 heads, 4brl and intake and a set a headers and had a blast for years in that car.

"A loose motor is a happy motor " I'm convinced that more street strip engines are lost due to tight factory clearances than due to weak parts or to much power adder.

Uncle Tony is a legit genius /mad scientist. The way he gets so much out of an engine for so little is art. Guys like him are a dieing breed.

That piston flipping goes back to Ford flathead days.. real old school stuff..best gear head channel on you tube.

Love the fact that your videos tend to show people how to budget build engines like the Slant six and the humble 318 for maximum effect. These are the type of things that the average guy can Aspire and relate to. Always look forward to your videos.

I love the light fixture tip! You know you're a car guy when everything you see could be modded for horsepower.

I build motors all the time and there is a saying in the motor building industry - "too loose and only you will know, too tight and everybody will know". A few tips for those who will be building. When your crank is being ground, ask for it to be ground to low limits. This is the extra clearance Tony was talking about. If you are getting your rod bolts replaced, resize the rods and have them resize them to the middle clearances if possible. Too tight will reduce rod journal bearing clearance, but increase bearing crush. Too loose will increase rod journal bearing clearance, but reduce bearing crush. With the crank ground to low limits, and the rods in the center of their allowable size, your rod clearances usually end up real close to where you want them for a performance street build. For any performance motor, I replace the rod bolts and resize the rods. Once you have done it enough, you can tell how round the big ends of the rods are by how the rod caps come off. Stock parts are actually pretty tough when setup correctly. The two weak points in most motors are the oiling system and the valve train. I like to replace the valves with new one piece valves. Its cheap insurance because the factory 3 piece valves like to break off the heads at the worst possible moment. This is especially important for a head that has loose guides. Hardened valve locks are a must as soon as you go up in spring pressure. Luckily they are cheap. Older Mopars have a really strong shaft rocker setup and strong pushrods, so little is needed to be done there. For other motors you may not be so lucky. For any motor, pay attention to the oiling system. Clean it, make sure that all of feed holes line up properly, that there is no leaks, clearances are set correctly, and that the pickup is set correctly in the pan. Any of these are wrong and your motor will not last long. A high volume pump may be needed in a motor that is built really loose to keep acceptable idle oil pressure but it takes more power to drive and oil drainback can be an issue. A high volume pump can pump a stock oil pan dry because the oil can't drain back to the pan fast enough. A high volume pump is not always needed, or wanted. With stock parts, stock or stock replacement bearings are fine. The stock pistons/rods/oiling system will fail before the bearings are overloaded.

I've been a 318 believer for 40 years. They may not be the most powerful engines out there but they are reliable and buildable. My old '76 Dodge B200 with the original 164k mile 318 just made a 3664 mile trip to Colorado and back, no sweat. It's never been opened up since I've owned it; I'm 2nd owner and that's all the way back to 42k miles. However it may be time to tinker! Tony proves you don't have to break the bank to run better!

When Uncle Tony uploads I stop what I'm doing and watch.

The 318 has always been my fav, vastly under rated by many IMO. I had an old 80s van that passed a 350 Camaro (WFO side by side and he didn't want to be passed) on the highway and the guy followed me until I stopped, to see what I had under the hood. He was choked to learn he was outrun by a tired 318 with a Carter Thermoquad and no other mods.

The video length is 7:27. I see you being clever with the mopar references.

Hundreds of thousands of dollars is spent by the major companies in Research and Development including the engines and the tolerances they calculate to take into account the oil type and squash rates, viscocities and additives to acquire healthy coverage, bleed and running temps where its needed. Big clearancing can lead to unwanted materail passage through sacrifial bearing areas which pass through to more crucial and vulnerable areas also leading to catastrophic failure, at worst. I used to remember hearing high strength Magnets on the block and sump, in areas, can help catch unwanted material movement, old computer hard drive magnets work great and the look very fitting as i recall, bust em open, grab the magnets 😉. Its a banger Uncle Tony i just hope its a gear banger on the strip, all the best 😊

This project takes me back to when I was younger it makes me want to do it again great job brothers

You and Steve dulcich need to get together. Both in love with a 318 and both old school tips and tricks. Love it

The “lowly” 318 is often overlooked as a performance engine.

Man, I wish I lived by Uncle Tony. It makes me wonder how much power I’m losing by not doing simple things to my B body Mopar. His knowledge is awesome. I’m addicted to these videos!

Just how I like my women; hot, low budget, and loose

"Gear it until you fear it" will make any small cube engine scream. Nice low budget build. $250 a month spent over a year can make for a nice toy.

You never cease to amaze.. it's pretty cool to see someone else has the same thoughts. Chevy isn't the only cheap horsepower. You just gotta know your machine. Well done man!

I had to laugh…. The next video suggested by KZfaq is a $2,500 budget 360 build on Horsepower TV. I saw the expensive bolt-on stuff in the thumbnail and said PASS. Uncle Tony's Garage is REAL building!

I'm impressed Uncle Tony knows how to make a carburetor so responsive....because 9 times out of 10 most "classic project weekend cruisers" don't run as well as they could, for many obvious reasons.

like em loose too once they go tight they stay tight, engines that is,,

I love this build. Watching it makes me feel like a teenager again and brings back a lot of good memories from street rodding when I was young. Pure old school. Uncle Tony is still young at heart. I come back to watch it every now and then because it puts a smile on my face. Thanks again for posting.

i'd love to see a dyno run of this thing. love these no-nonsense builds.

Hey uncle tony, I've been watching you a while and I'm one of the "dreamers" you talk about. A couple months ago I actually got a job so I could buy a real man's car next summer. Thanks for the inspiration to get off my ass.

It never fails. Everytime I watch a video of yours I get so excited that I go out to the garage just to tinker around. Love the content, knowledge and your enthusiasm. 👊

Cars, recipes, tater tots, low budget, 4 phrases I love Uncle Tony

Right about loose motors. We used to pull complete 455 buicks from the junk yards for $150ea. Almost always were 100,000 plus. Add the cam, intake, carb, nitrous. No bearings. No rings. They ran great for about 20 runs. When they let go, just go get another. Now people want $1000 for a core

Bawls out! Another great Tony Production. Keep them coming. This information is invaluable.

You can do almost the same with a SBC too. The best part of everyone going Gaga over a LS these days is all of the CHEAP small blocks that are floating around. I recently picked up a nearly new ProSystems carb setup for NOS for $100. I couldn't walk past the deal even though I had no use for it.

Loose is smart, heavy load and high rpms = more heat = more swelling of the metal. The tolerances listed are for daily drivers, Tony's on point for getting the most from his nearly stock motor. Also he is expecting to break some stuff having fun, not get 300,000 miles driving to work. It's just like filing your piston ring end gap, heat swells the metal. Tolerances allow for the swelling so you don't have to measure a hot crank, and oil not only lubricates but transfers heat like coolant. In full on murder mode that crank will swell, and the added oil will keep it from going too far

That's my dream car. 318 rocks. The little engine that could.

Amazing stuff Tony. Thanks for sharing your recipe for some fast and cheap fun. Those Purple Hornies sound absolutely amazing, now I want some. See you tomorrow!

Thank you Uncle Tony. This is more or less what I’m gonna do to the 318 in my 72 Fury for sure. I’m impressed with how that engine puts out for being relatively stock and simple. Well done guys.

Kudos to Lambchop and Tony on all the prep, I'm pretty certain that played a role in the turn out.

Uncle Tony is an old school hot rodder and I enjoy every one of his videos. He knows his stuff and I would love to chat with him for hours on old V8’s and tips and tricks!! You da man Uncle Tony👍

That is one thing that I really enjoy about your channel Tony, you make it clear that anyone can build an engine. Some of those channels are pumping so much money into their projects that it starts to get a bit intimidating. One of the reasons I was so pissed when they discontinued Popular Hot Rodding magazine and started sending me Hot Rod. I had Hot Rod for years and years but found PHR more valuable because it was full of tech, and things you could do yourself. HR is all sky is the limit budget stuff, no average joe stories any more.

Great advice as always I'd love to build a simple 318 like this myself one day would of course some help since I'm legally blind so I can't wait to see what this combination runs at the track

My 1971 Charger with a stock 2 bll that I used to have sounded a lot like your's... when I was driving it in the rain, lol, BAAAAAAAAaaaaa bAAAAAAAA. Couldn't kill that thing if you tried.

318s are God's blessings to people who know budget but can get eventually better as you go 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

I put a 1970 318 and 727 torqueflite from my father inlaws rusted out truck in a 1982 ram short bed miser pickup with a 3:91 83/4 posi rear stuffed a crane 68 340 automatic repop cam , 1980 trooper car 318 steel intake and thermoquad carb ,a mopar performance electronic ignition kit to replace the lean burn setup a set of black jack cheap headers with sonic turbo mufflers a carter high volume mechanical fuel pump stock converter and that little thing was so impressive whipped up on my cousin’s 360 dodge pick up easily I changed out the 3;91 it got real noisy to a 3:23 rear and showed my cousin 5000 rpm in high gear with a 27 “ tall tire which I believe was well over 120 mph it started hunting the road so I backed out of it the 318 is definitely one under appreciated little performer !!!!

Take some foam or a old wet vac filter and rubber band it and or zip tie over the intake when your not at the track.

'Tis, a wonderful thing!

Always Honest, Straightforward and to the point.. Thanks Boss Oi..

Looking forward to trying out these tips on the 318 in my 66 Fury. Thanks, UTG, for sharing your knowledge with us. 👍

Cool. Looking forward to shifter mods you were talking about because i just found one after to long of looking. One step closer

When I was a kid my dad had a 67 Fury III with 318 never any problems .

I'm blown away by this channel. I've spent about $2,000 in the last month on repairs to a Nissan Murano and a Ford F150. I went out and bought a floor jack and jack stands after I watched the money slip away on things I should have done myself...then I saw this channel. I know I've read your articles because all we read in high school was mopar/hot rod mags and here you are busting off the line like a bandit. This stuff is so raw and straight forward. When you said one of your favorite music genres was punk rock it all made sense. Keep up the good work. Don't change a thing.

Man , I Love that deep throaty sound of a MOPAR !! CAN’T BEAT IT !!!

Man that pos sounds good shes definitely a screamer good job uncle tony if ever go 8 cylinders this would be the route i would go 👍👍👍👍👍

UTG That intro has a healthy sound! I got lotsa hassle for my LA’s and Poly’s Back in the 80’s .... made me love them even more , I’m in good company here.

Uncle Tony is the REAL DEAL! He's not one of those publisher keyboard warriors working in the industry who is going to preach theory in a written article.

For my street stock car on a 1/2 mile high bank (Lebanon Valley Speedway) in upstate ny I ran a 72 Duster body. 318 block, 360 heads and intake with a 2bbl carb and a 340 purple cam straight up. Electronic ignition. 3.23 gears and ran auto trans in 2nd. It had pretty good low and top end. All junk yard parts as my friend owned the yard and he raced as well. There were 7 of us that ran Mopars that came out of that yard every week to race in the early to late 80s. What a time we had. Love watching your channel as it just brings back so many memories.... Mike from Upstate N.Y.

You should lift up the rear of the Hood by the windshield with some shims probably welded to the hinges so they don't go flying when you're going high speed but lift up the back of the hood so you got kind of like a hood scoop back there

Flashback to the early nineties when at least 4 high schoolers in my small town pilfered 318 drivetrains from junkyard station wagons and transplanted them into Dodge D50 mini-trucks. Zero to gearbound in 3 seconds. Wild times.

Tony, you are the real deal. Not many of us left.

I love the build and the lil details to what you did to it , it sounds so awesome . We need more burnouts . Cheers

Now. To do this with a 440. Yup

Joe Sherman was flipping pistons many years ago, nice seeing someone remembered!

Uncle Tony, I tell my other Uncles that YOU are my favorite Uncle. You've helped so much with my Cordoba and GTX, I hope I get to meet you one day for a fist bump and a Car Guy Hug!!!! Best Channel on KZfaq!

Great overall view of what you've done and what it's going to take thanks for the great video Uncle Tony PS We mustn't leave Aunt Kathy

Oval track guys run a looser engine for a reason . to be able to hammer on them . this is a perfect example of a everyday guys hotrod , not breaking the bank can use swap meet stuff and have fun.

I wish he was my neighbor I would love to take in some of his knowledge in person

Watching that first drive was soooo satisfying! Can't wait to see what it'll do at the track.

I used to be a Mopar nut back in the day. Good to see someone still running them. Mopar used to sell a performance book w/"recipes" for different builds- B, RB, Slant 6, A and Hemis, I think. The hot tip back then was using parts from the 340 and 360 to open up the flow and strengthen things a bit. Tbh, my B body early 70s car had a 318 and it was a dog, until I split the single exhaust downpipe which was 1 5/8 dia. (and was pinched in half @ the turn at the bottom of pipe where it starts backwords...) I truly believe this is what choked the motor. To make dual exhaust, I used adapters on the downpipe from 1 5/8 to 1 7/8, then 1 7/8 to 2 inch diameter. Then used 2" turn at the bottom, then 2 1/4 adapter then pipes to a set of Cherry Bomb mufflers. Then 2 1/2 pipes out to the sides. This REALLY opened up things and made it a different car. Set the point gap tight by the specs, dwell longer than usual and wider plug gap. Aftermarket air cleaner and adapter. It ran like a scalded ape! And kept the gas mileage reasonable too. Totally agree, these engines have a lot more potential than given credit for.

In case you haven't been around Mopar engines a lot of power can be Found within the stock Heads, like Our Uncle Tony said it's grinding away here and there.. Peace

"Porting does not have to be pretty to work." Write that down........

Glad to see people still showing 318s love

Actually glad to see someone respect and rebuild the 318. Had one in a 73 Road Runner back in 1975 when I was 18, and my brothers and I tweaked that engine. Stop light to stop light, I never lost!

Best feeling in the world you smoke some hot shit with there expensive car with the car grammy gave you from late 60 early 70

That motor runs great for 213°/226° @ 0.050"...i think it's the tight LSA, seems to really wake up a smaller cam.

Great job Tony. You got a new fan I appreciate the no B.S. and clear info .

tony and tony's garage is the living embodyment of the soul of hot rodding mopars and other cars as well and we are living it right now and it shall live on forever and forever, come on and be a part of it 🙂

The secret to this setup is the light fixture. Can we get the part number for that?

Damn that's cool 👌

Love the video. Just recently picked up a 97 Ram Van with the 5.2 Magnum. 260 thousand miles and even on the massive BF Goodrich street tires it still has the balls to break them loose and get sideways! Nothing wrong with a loose motor, just keep some extra oil on ya cause it will consume it, at least in my case!

I’ve loved watching this build, even scraping the underside with a scraper, of course I wasn’t the one down there doing the work. 👍👍☮️

Another great vid UT. Here's this weeks tech tip folks; Homemade GoJo, Take an empty hand soap bottle with a "pumper" on the top, put vegetable oil in it (cheapest you can buy, don't make no difference), place it on your sink next to a pumper bottle of regular hand soap, just like with GoJo don't wet your hands, one pump veg oil, 3 pumps hand soap, rub all over your hands just like you would with GoJo, rinse with water (warm/hot works better like with GoJo). Much cheaper than GoJo and it works just as well, don't bother trying to pre-mix it, it'll separate overnight then it won't work at all.

Uncle T love this man! I have a 318 LA in my 1978 power wagon w 200 4x4 I had it decked and put 360 heads and cam. would I still be able to flip pistons?

Great video man! Love it. Your not trying to be perfect, just real and did a dang good job.👍

Picked up a 73 satellite sedan in extremely solid condition today. Its got a 318 and im really excited to get some power through that engine. Gonna be following this for a cheap and good time!!

HA - "Hand valve job" -- HA - sorry to sound like a 'naughty schoolboy' with that comment. Have a nice day all. CHEERS from AUSTRALIA.

If you don't mind me asking Tony, how high are you winding it too? Very impressive sounding 318, money only spent where needed. I like it!

Absolutely incredible. Thank you uncle tony

Can't wait to see what this thing does at the track! Best part is this is only the beginning!

I have flashbacks of the 12.99 for $1299 article....

Frankenbeast !!

I absolutely cant wait to see what times this thing puts down. Real deal budget cars that work are the best.

What a coincidence! I just got a photo of my uncle Tony from about 1940 when he was about 20 then your videos popped up. Being a Mopar fanatic since 1977 [I had to watch] when I got my first car(bought with my own money) a 68 Satellite B5 blue, 383, 4 speed, 292 Crower cam, headers, Ebrock intake, AFB etc. Shortly after I put 12.5 TRW, Milidon pan, adjustable D Connection rockers and push rods,Zoom clutch, Accel dual point, Weiand tunnel ram, 2 Holleys, Hooker fenderwells, Mr Gasket V gate etc. I had just bought a Dana 60 and sent it to Mark Williams Enterprises in Louisville Colorado for shortening to 44 inches with forged axles and large studs to go along with my 15 x 13 Centerlines and Firestone 500 slicks all this in high school then the bottom fell out when I found myself 18 and homeless after my parents divorce was final and I had to liquidate everything and put myself through architecture school driving a ratty Vega(yuck). Any way awesome work you do and I look forward to seeing more of it!

Nice!!! I have always thought the 318 didn't get enough credit for being a small block power house! Thanks for showing everyone that the 318 can be as bad ass as any ford or Chevy small block.

Smart Man! Like how he dumbs stuff down a little for some of us.

That long rod rev happy 318 is my favorite motor for building. Compression does wonders, I just did a small port high compression motor and although only about 350 hp it's a very responsive and snappy motor. Factory electronic ign with msd coil, small diameter long tube headers, underdrive crank pulley with a hi flow water pump and Howe aluminum radiator. Comp 224°/ 230° @ .050 low lift hydraulic cam. Pulls hard to valve float. Fun street motor

Chevy guy here but I recently bought a rust free and dent free 67 d100 step side for 400 bucks and I. Am definitely going to try this combination in this truck.thanks for the tips

Thanks so much for this build Uncle Tony it's exactly what I am interested in, really appreciate your efforts.

I agree. That Rocket burn-out should be the "musical" intro to all of your Bottle Rocket videos. Hell, use its as the musical intro for ALL of your videos.

Have a 76 w100 powerwagon adventurer with a mild 318 with mild rv2 comp cam still running two barrel with drilled main jet love this truck surprisingly quick for what it is full size bed as well great engines lot of money and work in the truck nothing left but minor bodywork and paint trim is mint got lucky

Love the small block LA mopar. High cam location in block allows for huge crank strokes.