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Originally Posted by Bryn Tirion
I would happily place a wanted ad for you up here. I see you are in Massachusetts, I am located in Alberta.
If you want to find a 318 poly engine in the US, you should look for it in models that used the Carter AFB carburettor, to get the same level of performance. These cars would include the 1960 to 1962 Dodge Dart, including submodels Phoenix, Pioneer and Seneca, although the first of these is most likely to have that option. 1958 to 1960 DeSotos also had the 318 four barrel as an option. I don't have details on later models, but certainly up to 1967 these engines were still current in several models, and found in the Fury among others, and only replaced by the LA in all Chrysler divisions in 1967, although the LA was introduced in in 1964. Most of these poly engines have long since been replaced with something very like your 340.
PS. I have found one 318 in Las Vegas and one in San Jose. PM me if you want details of these. Both are cheap and look complete; the San Jose one was from a 1965 Fury and was running well when removed....... that one would be suitable, although it looks like a 2 barrel, but probably still a performance engine. There's even a video of it running in the car, and it does look and sound good.
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The older, 318 polysphere A-engine was still used in Canada for 1967 (US vehicles got the LA wedge-head engine that year). And as for carburetion, ALL 318 poly engines were two-barrel-only starting in 1963. But even that engine is a brisk, torquey performer. And as I said in another thread, factory and aftermarket four-barrel manifolds are all over ebay. Foiks like Hot Heads, Egge Machine, and Gary Pavlovich will also be glad to sell you hotter camshafts and other performance parts; Gary is among those who have bored and stroked the 318 poly V8 to over 400 cu. inches while leaving it stock looking outside, so there's another option.