What's the deal with the Poly 318

MarzGraphixDesign said

I've been doing a little reading and, have seen a lot of poly talk lately. I mean SAM entered one in the Engine Masters vintage division. It showed pretty strong at 550hp and 560+ torque. My question is why are they labeled as junk by a lot of us. What is its strengths and weaknesses. Let me know

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Unfortunately, lots of people voice opinions without knowledge or experience. The Poly engines and early Hemi's are very similar to our over designed LA and big block engines. Not really any weaknesses, other than stated above, lack of High Performance parts and being overshadowed by newer engines. They were never offered in an "A" body. I had one in a push button automatic 64 Dodge Polara and loved it. All Chrysler based engines were way ahead of the competition in design and durability.