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A buddy of mine scored a very stright 67 Coronet 440 for $1200.
Good body and interior but powered by the undesireable wide block 318. It so happens I have a running '69 318 that came out of my car I would sell him for a song. The question is will the tranny swap over to it? Will he need to hunt another tranny? Will the motor mounts work? I don't know much of anything about those oldies wide block engines accept you can't get any performance goodies for them. As a afterthought, what is the performance potential of those old motors?? Would 300+ HP be a reasonable performance goal or would it just make dollar-HP sense to swap the LA 318? |
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67 IS THE CHANGE OVER YEAR BUT ALL SHOULD HOOK UP I DID THIS SWAP IN MY 67 BEL. FROM OLD TO NEW 360 WORKED GREAT.ALSO DID A HP WIDE BLOCK WITH A CAM FROM SCHNIDER AND A WEIAND WITH A 500 WITH PORTING ,ULTRA LOW END.
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been there done that
Holeshot is right,Ive installed a 68 318 in a 66 p/u,same setup as yours,it all bolted right up except the exhaust of course,1 thing though Im sure 66 was the last year for 318 poly,or maybe you have a car that doesnt exist?....PRO...
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Somebody probably just stuck it in there. I had a friend who had a '74 Charger with a poly in it. He had a terrible time getting parts for it until I told him what it was. Previous owner just told him it was a 318.
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Canadian cars are the only cars that had wide blocks for '67. The LA 318 is mutch easier to do stuff too...I think of it as the "mini" 340!!!
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66 last year for Poly??
I'm sure the car is a '67 but people swapping the front clip when they wreck their car isn't unheard of. (Saw a '69 Plymouth station wagon with a '69 Dodge front clip once) I will check the VIN number. Its is good news that the swap will be easy. He is itching to start mining for horse power. A kid after my own heart
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