That was Gary Pavlovich. He used a 4 inch stroker crank for a 360 and machined the main bearing jornals down to fit into a 62 318 Poly block. Bored the cylinders out .090. The total cid was 402, with 406 hp. It is going into a 56 Plymouth. I am not sure if the package is running yet.
Dave Homstad
56 Dodge D500
---- Fury Jim <JRawa@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> the blocks are very similar, in fact, the timing covers/water pumps
> interchange from A to LA as do oil pans, you can take a 277/301/318/326 oil pan and
> put it on a late A 318 did it once i a need only situation... [if i pull a
> poly out - usually a 413-440 takes its place, or 496 stroker for that matter]
> the oil pumps are however different, the steam holes/head bolt locations are
> different as well, so head swaps arent in store. i'm pretty sure the cam
> journals are the same too, but the sequence of lobes are diff on polys to the
> "siamesed" intake runner LA motors. as are the position of lifters for harsher
> pushrod angles on polys
> the 360 cant swap oil pans with any other A or LA due to main sizes/seals
>
> someone, i believe a list member - back in the late 90s 97-8 ish time frame
> when i had time to write on the list every night....
> took a poly block 3.91 bore [318] went +.040" which nominally makes a 326
> dodge engine for 59... and custom machined a 360 LA crank to fit the poly block,
> along with a custom cam grind from nielson if i'm not mistaken, extrude
> honed and ported poly heads from a 62 block, a custom intake, bla bla bla made a
> naturally aspirated 400hp. i forgot the end displacement, and dont feel
> like doin the math at this moment... so....
>
> are you still with us? mighty poly/wide block/big small block builder?
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