I have a 95 dodge ram 1500. At 365k miles the motor finally took a crap. Well I removed the the magnum 318 and installed a 360 premagnum hd la motor converted to carbureted out of a 92 3500 one ton van with a 518 transmission. Coupled with a 355 tracklock 8.75 axle. Man talking about a torque monster. I can pull 15k lb at 70mph 16 mpg. A buddy of mine has a Ford diesel and has a hard time keeping up. Lol. Especially that I'm not a Ford fan.
mattwa
MAY 01, 02:04 AM
Pretty cool! At least the 318 can go 365k in the first place.
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Hank is Here
MAY 02, 10:37 AM
Is it safe to pull 15k worth of weight with a 1500 truck?
The other stats seem impressive, especially the 16mpg.
IROCTAFIERO
MAY 03, 10:07 AM
hmmmm
I had a 87 RamCharger with a 318 2bbl that I replaced with a 360 4bbl and it wouldn't pull a greased string out of a cat's patoot.
And it got 8mpg.
You must be some sort of wizard.
mattwa
MAY 04, 03:15 PM
Final drive gearing makes a huge difference with both towing and mpg, just maybe not at the same time.
ironhead.76
MAY 04, 07:21 PM
Pulling 15k May not be the safest thing but in my neck of the woods people to broke to buy a 3500 series truck. So we build one. Lol. My plans are to box the frame and build a larger and stronger leaf stack. Also a brake upgrade. The ds chassis ram (2003 & up) has a nice brake set-up that will work great on my 95 with few alterations.
