Rebuild on 318 Poly Head

[jeff deakins]

Pulled motor out of my 66 coronet yestrerday.Motor ran ok just smoking bad.I have found a weiand 7503 intake for it and plan to add 4 bbl.Anyone have any advice on rebuild
Thanks
Jeff

 

[69Bee]

You will only want to do it once, so figure it is going to be a complete rebuild. The main thing going against you is that it is a 318 Poly. It is old and not popular enough for the parts price to be lower. At least Egge sells a rebuild kit for it for $1860, and you still need some extra parts not included in the kit. My labor would be about $1800 with exhaust seats and floating rods (pin bushings), and including the parts, I would estimate $3600 to $4000 as a guess.

 

[Darter6]

My buddy stroked his to a 390.Complete rebuild with the $800 CPPA 4 barrel intake and a good cam ran him about $6000. You would swear it has a 440 in it.

 

[66 Sat]

Talk to Gary Pavlovich - he is the guru on these engines and can provide all the advice/parts you need, including custom camshafts. Mine is currently being re-built - I have the Weiand 7503 manifold but it's not that good apparently, especially for low down torque. I was going down the stroker route at one stage but the extra complexities of custom pistons put me off - if I was in the US I would have though. Search for Gary on google and you should get an email address - if not I can pm you, he's very helpful and wouldn't mind I'm sure.

 

[threewood]

Talk to Gary Pavlovich - he is the guru on these engines and can provide all the advice/parts you need, including custom camshafts. Mine is currently being re-built - I have the Weiand 7503 manifold but it's not that good apparently, especially for low down torque. I was going down the stroker route at one stage but the extra complexities of custom pistons put me off - if I was in the US I would have though. Search for Gary on google and you should get an email address - if not I can pm you, he's very helpful and wouldn't mind I'm sure.

I had Gary build mine He is a couple hours drive away and did a great job on the engine and part recommendations.

 

[jeff deakins]

Do you have Garys email I can't find it on line
Thanks

 

[threewood]

Do you have Garys email I can't find it on line
Thanks

PM sent

 

[69Bee]

My kit is $928.56, but you would still need valves, springs, pushrods, oil screen. Still, my kit price would be under the Egge price.