Rebuilding our "Rebuilt" Dodge 318 Poly! Build, Install, and Test Drive!

In today's episode of Lambvinskis Garage, we rebuild one of our Dodge 318 Poly engines. You may remember this engine from a couple of different videos, well now it's all finally paid off! We couldn't be happier with how this turned out! Sit down, get a cold snack, and enjoy the video!
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[@Vegaswill714]

Those engines were incredibly smooth, reliable and torquey. I had a few back in the day. The down side was that they were heavy and large relative to the displacement. Didn't appreciate it back in the day, wish i still had it.

[@michaelashcraft8569]

I really like how you APPRECIATE these old classics, thanks for your channel content!!

[@LambvinskisGarage]

Thank you! We love these old things and I wouldn't change a thing about it!

[@landonproductions2373]

Gary Povolich helped me on my build, he definitely knows his stuff. Sound really healthy!

[@LambvinskisGarage]

He's the man for sure!!

[@billearnshaw1074]

Have an extra 318 poly, if someone needs one.

[@GhastlyNarratives6]

How much ?

[@billearnshaw1074]

Though i replied to this, 350, if it needs to be shipped, as the crate is 150. 200 if you pick it up.

[@kellykenyon6481]

How much and where is it.

[@billearnshaw1074]

Dear Kelly, after advertising it for three months for 300 dollars, took it to the dump on Friday. There are about 4-5 mopar groups on facebook, have seen them rebuilt as low as 2500.... I live in Kingman AZ

[@Wayrich2]

Very cool! Love the truck.

[@Peter-hg5qd]

4 barrel intake and a holley is what you need. Nice truck bro

[@LambvinskisGarage]

Thank you, we're very happy with it! 4 barrels are actually pretty rare and they're prone to cracking. The Poly Guru Gary says a Holley 350 or a Holley 500 will run just as good as a 4bbl setup.

[@KB10GL]

@@LambvinskisGarage Four barrel & a Carter/Edelbrock AFB or AVS will do the trick just nicely. Try not to inflict it with that [spit spit] Holey Pox. Keep it pure. The vacuum secondaries in these ensure good driveability along with good performance. I believe that alloy single quad intakes are available, just need to look for one. Over here in Oz, these engines were exceptionally popular with the boat crowd & there was a factory marine version in my fathers 'Admirals Launch'. It was in fact the Admirals Launch from the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne, it was sold off when the ship was de-commissioned. The true "Semi Hemi's" were the Poly head versions of the Chrysler & Dodge Hemi engines from the 1950's [303? 331 & 354 Spitfire Chryslers & 241, 259 Plymouth, 270, 315 & 325 Red Ram Dodges] Gotta love all the Chrysler Corp V8 engines.

[@LambvinskisGarage]

@KB10GL they're fantastic engines! The problem is getting a 4 barrel manifold, they're expensive and tough to get, especially when a nicely tuned 2 barrel will preform just as good on them. I would like to build one someday though! We have a 6 pack manifold and carbs that came from a boat that I would like to put on one someday!

[@davefreeman1598]

Like watching a Kid off the short bus talk about how cool his dad is.... LMAO

[@LambvinskisGarage]

What?

[@staceyrenner5418]

Hot damn, that runs great!

[@LambvinskisGarage]

It really does!! The stumble went away too!!

[@justdoingit.43]

Damn it's such a shame you couldn't have donated that engine to my favorite charity. Which would be myself of course for my 89 Jeep Comanche

[@tommyreid2317]

The 67 and earlier chryslers had a smaller pilot hole in the crank, was a year model thing not a manual versus automatic, you may have had a 68 up trans. with the larger pilot know on the converter, incidentally a chevy guy that had worked parts for 40 something years and did mechanic work said there were differences in the 283 and 327 in the end of the crank, all makes had these kinds of things, everything on the chevroletd was not the same

[@andrewsshop755]

Very awesome wish I had a 318 poly to play with

[@LambvinskisGarage]

Not a lot of people fool with them, but we really like them! You'll find one, they made a ton of them!

[@jesusviloriaarandia4133]

Mi papa a finales de los años 80 compro un dodge seneca 1960 con motor 318 poly manual 3 velocidades al volante ese auto andaba durísimo un conocido tenia un chevrolet Camaro 1971 motor V8 350 trasmition 350 carburetor four barrells y jamas logro alcanzar al dodge con un pequeño carburador de dos barriles, aun cuando ese auto es mas grande pesado que el Camaro. Esos motores son Poderosos lastima no los siguieron modernizando, me atrevo a decir que es mejor que los 318A que salieron después

[@bartfart2123]

where on earth did you find those solid rust free bodies and panels?

[@hairbag4096]

Very nice. Glad to see you didn't swap in a LS, 24in wheels, and all the rest of the garbage they do nowadays.

[@LambvinskisGarage]

Thankfully that's not our style! Or budget!! This truck may be getting bucket seats soon, but I haven't decided yet.

[@hairbag4096]

@@LambvinskisGarage Mildly modified but keeping old old is cool to me. Most of the videos I see, kids hack up really neat old cars and trucks, sometimes irreplaceable, just to turn them into ghetto wagons.

[@hairbag4096]

@LambvinskisGarage do they make any speed parts for polys? Also, I heard one time that they align hone cam bearings on small blocks at the factory because of core shift. Whether this pertains to polys or is even true, I don't know.

[@hairbag4096]

@@LambvinskisGarage if it is true, it must be because of bad machining. They have to bore the cam journals regardless.

[@bearsey26]

Heads are slightly different, 55-60 had waterways drilled into the heads, post 60 have them delete, watch out for that or you’ll find your sump full of coolant! How do I know? I found out the hard way!

[@LambvinskisGarage]

Ah good to know! All the Polys we have are 61-66!

[@tonyroman1569]

Imagine that two different models

[@jeromebreeding3302]

Why not use the bell-housing from the stick engine and put it behind the rebuilt engine with a standard trans ?

[@LambvinskisGarage]

Because truck transmissions suck. The auto is much more cruise friendly. If it was a truck you'd actually use for some work, a manual would be better.

[@larryflanagan8799]

My first car was a 1966 Dodge coronet 500, 318 it was pretty slow. My next car was a 1970 Barracuda 318 it was a lot faster, both had 2 barrels. Were they different designs? Thanks.

[@ITS4390]

crank snout sizes shifted a lot in the late 50s early 60s. think it was post 62 they finally standardized the sizing in the Poly's. But that causes a lot of issues when dealing with these engines. get the wrong year replacement and end up needing to do what you did here.

[@LambvinskisGarage]

That sounds about right, luckily we had a fix for it!

[@henryfreeman4017]

What a sweetheart

[@LambvinskisGarage]

It really is! We couldn't be happier!

[@darkrose4704]

I like where the horns are located…

[@blairlindsay5791]

two pump loadflite ?

[@warwickdrenth8970]

It's like a 8 year old talking. How about explaining the tight cam and main bearing

[@HDUG7up]

bro you have a lot of polys and i would like to have one hahah one of those ones have a 4 barrel carb?

[@LambvinskisGarage]

I've never gotten one with a 4 barrel yet, they're not really all that special, you can do just as much with a nice Holley 350 or 500 2 barrel swap!

[@DomsRusticGarageMore]

I'm wondering and I can't find an answer, can you bolt an automatic trans from an LA to the poly which is manual,

[@oscarwalton1188]

Yes it will but the flex plate might need a little tweak late first gen hemis Polys LA / magnum s and late hemis have a common bolt pattern

[@MattsRageFitGarage]

I'm surprised how different those are from the LA small blocks. The angle of the exhaust manifold mounting flange and bolt pattern reminds me a lot of an FE Ford. Wonder if the same boneheads designed both? haha. Engine sounds great!

[@LambvinskisGarage]

I'm not sure! We really like these engines though! This one turned out great thankfully!

[@phonebackup8132]

The FE Ford is NOTHING like the poly motor as they predate the FE.

[@MattsRageFitGarage]

@@phonebackup8132 Take a look at the exhaust manifold flange angle then go look at the angle of the exhaust manifold flange on an FE and you tell me it doesn't look like it was designed by the same damn brain. Most V8 exhaust flange angles are perfectly vertical and the FE and poly have the same downward angle.

[@phonebackup8132]

@MattsRageFitGarage I have had a FE a poly and a Cleveland. I have been completely through all of them. The exhaust flanges are ansulary to the rest of the engine design, the rest of the engines particularly the FE is so different as to be ridiculous. Turn the flanges on headers for a Cleveland 90 degrees and you could probably fanagle them onto a poly.

[@MattsRageFitGarage]

@@phonebackup8132 You still don't get my point.

[@guitarsnguns]

Great video and timely too! I am about to buy a 66 Charger with a 318 poly/727. The engine is burning some oil in one cylinder? so I am told. I know you can't see the engine, but any guesses what the typical cause of the oil burning is on a 318 poly? Valve seals? bad valve... is there a common known issue? What are good sources for rebuild parts for the 318 poly? Thank you in advance.

[@LambvinskisGarage]

It could be anything, valve seals, rings, valve itself, either way, a 66 Charger would be awesome! If you have Facebook, I highly suggest joining the 318 Polysphere group, those guys are so incredibly knowledgeable it's ridiculous! Quite a few parts interchange with a 318LA so that makes it a little better!

[@thomascipielewski4916]

do yall have any 4 barrell intake manifolds for a poly 318? Rebuilt our 65 poly but really needs a 4 barrel

[@LambvinskisGarage]

No, 4 barrel intakes are super hard to get! They'll do just as good with a 350 or 500cfm Holley 2 barrel! It's a very common swap, and they perform so much better!

[@clarkmorgan1151]

I am lookin for fuel sending unit for 89 d 150

[@LambvinskisGarage]

Try Van's Auto maybe?

[@georgecass8529]

Besides you would be working on the Chevy all the time . Definitely no fun in that .

[@richarddavis3007]

Yea my Dad had three on the farm back in the day could not keep rear axle in them sold them for a Chevy Way better