318 poly to buy?

[furyroy]

Howdy all, I purchased 1962 belvedere to restore, learning a lot from this forum, THANKS!
I was thinking I'd rebuild my motor, gathering knowledge and looking out for deals. What about this I found for sale:
Why the weird oil pan?
Also, my poly has two bolts to hold valve cover, this one three. I couldn't find much info on the difference, if it matters?
Deciding ....
Thanks

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I has a four barrel intake, which is on my list of upgrades.. It is advertised as rebuilt, but I'll take that with a grain of salt. they're asking $800

 

[rumblefish360]

The oil pan could be a newer pan considering it is blue. But oil pans change shape a lot but the basic idea and general shape is rarely changed. A rear sump is often found in trucks.

A 3 bolt valve cover is harder to find but it is stock.

Good luck with it, enjoy!

 

[YY1]

4B intake is worth almost half of the asking price.

 

[66coronet500]

Here is another resource for you. Great group and lots of info.

https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/318poly/info

 

[Glenwood]

maybe a truck pan? here's a good shot of my 64 poly.

 

[furyroy]

Thanks Glenwood, Yea, the more I look at pics it seems the truck pans are deeper in front; makes me wonder if oil pick-up is located differently as well. I could always swap that out though.

 

[threewood]

It's a truck pan. 4 bbl stock intakes go for $500 by themselves. Find out the rebuild specs as many blocks can be bored close to .100". Probably built to stock specs. I have some poly build specs I will post from scans. Got them from Gary Pavlovich.

 

[66coronet500]

http://chryslerpower.com/webstore/Poly

 

[furyroy]

Thanks threewood, I sure like your build description at bottom there; looks like my kinda car!

 

[threewood]

Here is the spec sheet sent to me by Gary. Just some ideas. There is always a stroker build if you want to make 400 hp give or take.

 

[furyroy]

Valuable info in them there pages. I already built a couple nice motors ( in my mind).

 

[polywideblock]

get Chrysler power mag, it regularly has lots of poly stuff from strokers to stock .
also where all the goodies for poly's are advertised