I love Poly's and A body's, but the first question I have to ask is Why? Man, that is the hard way to go. Could I suggest a 360, or stroked 360, or a 383.. A...
Paul, Sounds like good advice on mileage from the Poly folks. 20-24 is excellent mileage from a 318 Poly and a Fury III. I would seriously consider adding...
Dear Reloctrician, I'm with Earl on this one, why! My pointer is to point you towards another direction. There is a reason why Mopar never installed the Poly...
I'm straying from the actual question a bit. I realize you asked about building the engine for economy but wanted to add my 2 cents from a different angle. I'm...
I have a 65 Fury III with a poly head and I decided to replace the valve cover gaskets due to always finding oil on the right hand exhaust. I have now...
my 64 Belvedere used to fill the?RH valve?cover to an inch deep!? cleaned them with a gun cleaning set but I suppose a coat hanger would work ... From:...
A perfect application for a pair of SU carburettors... though they might be harder to find there than they are here. Look at the setup as they're fitted to the...
i disagree on that somewhat. Ultimately, fuel economy is achieved by better mixing air and fuel and burning it better, along with reductions in drag and...
Ray, Can you please e-mail me the pictures of the Poly 318 head you cut up for viewing? Thank you, Gary Pavlovich glpavlovich@... ... From: Ray Bell To:...
What do you all figure the increase in mpg will be by building for economy? To me it seems like a lot of initail expense for what savings you will get in gas. ...
A poly is 1&1/2" wider than a 440 at the heads. It only weighs about 60lbs less than a 440 too. I gotta think a 383 would be even lighter than a 440 and...
If you're gonna "build it" anyway, it won't cost you anymore, probably less, to build for economy than performance. You can by pass the items you might need...
Actually, if you were really going for fuel economy, you'd want to buy the lightest pistons, rods, crank you could. Less rotating mass = better economy, and...
That's it. To get better mileage,when it comes to the engine alone (everything else aside),it needs to burn less fuel. So whatever your goal,be it an all out...
Back in 89 I built a 440 for a 69 Charger I had, drove it to the Nationals from VA, drag raced it a few times and drove home. With 2.76 gears it got 19 mpg...
A 360 would be a shoe-in. The 1966 A-dofy came with a 273-cid V8, the LA block and wedgeheads. The 360 V8 is nothing but a bored and stroked version of the...
im selling my poly motor. 2000.00 with 727. engine has been rebuilt, with less then 1000 miles on it, bored out .020, dual quads with edelbrock 600 cfm manual...
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They are in the photo library on this site, Gary, but larger ones are here: http://img307.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cutheadinletportsparkplug9vx.jpg ...
Back in the mid 80's a buddy of mine was getting round in an Aussie VC Valiant (read '66 US, early A body). He had modified the stock 2bbl manifold to accept...
Thanks for all the replies, guys, lots of food for thought! Perhaps a few more details about my project are in order. The vehicle in question is a '45 Dodge...
Ray, Thank you for the pictures. Gary ... From: Ray Bell To: 318poly@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 3:08 PM Subject: [318poly] Re: Poly...
Since I will have the heads apart for a valve job, do I really need hardened seats installed and if so, just exhausts or just intakes, or both? I plan on...
