Bringing a chrysler 318 back to life

I love all the talk about the chryslers. My 318 has been nothing but fun so far. Everyone loves to hear the rumble. I raced a 2011 AXIS wakeboard boat the other day and after a slower start, took him on the top end. Oh the manly motörhead in me was fairly excited.    The Chrysler is a strong and fun pull.

Thomas,

Thanks for the offer! Unfortunately I've already left for the sandbox so I won't be taking you up on that. I do appreciate all the great info though. The nice thing is that I have internet access so I can keep getting more and more information about what I need to do and learn.

Does anyone recommend a certain company for the cooling impellers? That is something I definitely want to replace.

Pete,

Haven't received a response from the email I sent to the folks at Race City Marine yet, I figure I'll just ring them up when I'm back stateside. I appreciate the advice about the prop.

-Mike

Gary S wrote: 8122pbrainard wrote: Gary, What prop are you running giving you the hull rash? I have a 12x13 OJ now Pete and never had anything bigger other than pitch. The rash might have been there before I got it. Only really looked closely under there a few years ago,as I have been putting off sanding and buffing the bottom

Gary,
My new OJ 12 x 14 came in last week. It's the replacement for the OJ that's on the Tique that my son trashed. I'll be sending the bad one back to Eric at OJ to see what he can do with it. I have not seen it yet so my daughters description should be interesting. She, of course will exaggerate anything her brother did!!!    Since I will not be going up till the end of August, Charlie (brady) or Mark (laurel lake skier) will be putting it on for me. The valve grinding compound is already in the box even though Charlie told me Mark had some!!

The 12 x 14 works great on the Tique. The WOT RPM is about 4400 to 4500. Even though Tim suggested going to a 12 x 13, in my case, I do not want the RPM's to go any higher - I could handle it but with my son I would be worried about higher RPM's. I have nightmares about seeing the Tique being pulled in and then looking at a rod though the side of the block!!

8122pbrainard wrote: My new OJ 12 x 14 came in last week. It's the replacement for the OJ that's on the Tique that my son trashed. The 12 x 14 works great on the Tique. The WOT RPM is about 4400 to 4500. Even though Tim suggested going to a 12 x 13, in my case,

The new OJ got up north and Mark (laurel lake skier) was great. He made it over to the lift yesterday and installed (and lapped) the prop on. However, the report back is the shaft is pretty tight!! It sounds like my son got the strut too! So, I do have some work to do when I get up there the last week of August. Damn!! My son say's he'll pay for the prop but just does not understand what it takes with my time having to go through the process of a potentially bent strut and of course the alignment. I guess this is just part of raising kids!

BTW, Tim, Mark tells me the OJ that came off the Tique is marked as a 12x15! I did get the 12x14 and know you mentioned getting the 12x13. I'll keep you informed about the revs and when Eric gets the damaged OJ back, I'll have him confirm the pitch.

Mark tells me one blade has a pretty big section torn open but complete and another blade tweaked back. I know Eric does wonders with props but I sure hope he can fix this one up.

Pete - We need pictures!   It is time to teach your son alignment 101 too!

So I'm back from the sandbox and for whatever reason I was not able to log back into my old account or reactivate it so I've created a new profile. I've started digging into the motor and found out Pete that you were correct in one of the first post when you said it was probably a 273 instead of a 318. I was unable to find a place around here that will work on this old motor so I will be attempting it myself. I'm sure to have a lot of rookie questions to come.

I've searched through a few of the impeller post and still have a very basic question...are the impellers supposed to come off the shaft easily? Mine seem to be in good shape but I can't get them to come off and not sure if I'm missing something. Also, I don't see where there were any seals before. I remember someone mentioning just putting glossy magazine paper in-between...good idea? Thanks. Trying to upload pictures but they are too large so I'll post some when I figure out how to resize.

Thanks Gary.