Re: [FWDLK] Who is going to save this one?

[Tom Duross <6t4belvedere@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

There is a great yahoo site for the poly which I belong to.
http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/318poly/
She's quite the engine, a step down when they changed blocks.
I'm stroking my '64 poly to 402" with a six-pak and TTI headers.

Tom Duross
Boston
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Homstad" <dhomstad@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 2:45 AM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Who is going to save this one?


> I won't claim to be an expert on 318s, but it is my understanding that the
> common modern nickname for the early 318 is "wide block". The early 318 is
> really an "A" series small block engine (277, 301, 303, 318, 326) used
> from
> 1956 to 1967 (or 1966?). The heads were of the Poly design. This 318 was
> replaced by the "LA" (Late A) series engines (273, 318, 340, 360) with
> wedge
> design heads. My guess is that the bare blocks are very close in width,
> because they can interchange some major components such as cranks. The
> early
> heads were wider than the LA design, thus the "wide block" label was
> invented after the narrower LA design was introduced.
>
> Dave Homstad
> 56 Dodge D500
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Forward Look Mopar Discussion List
> [mailto:L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Garrett
> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 12:14 AM
> To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Who is going to save this one?
>
> I was reading the description...thank god the car isn't a gay 6-cylinder
> as
> the seller states...it's got a big block 318.  Personally, I think calling
> a
> 318 a "big block" is pretty gay, but what do I know (I never claimed to be
> an expert on gay).
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Nick Sperduto <mailto:drt-rdr@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 10:51 PM
> Subject: [FWDLK] Who is going to save this one?
>
> Ok, who is going to save this one and where do we think the bidding will
> stop?
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=6387&item=
> 4513733056&rd=1
> <http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=6387&item
> =4513733056&rd=1>
> Nick
> Lebanon Township, NJ
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