'59 Plymouth Forum

It's been called the wide-block, big-block, semi-hemi, baby hemi, poly 318, old-style 318, and the list of nicknames goes on. The 318 cubic-inch (5.2 liter) V8 engine that was under the hood of the Plymouth in 1959 was technically referred to by Chrysler as the A-series engine, or polyspheric-head engine. At least one early Mopar enthusiast was considerate enough to put together a web site describing the most technical aspects of this engine along with its history in various Chrysler products. Click the link and read on!


http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Track/4164/

Yeah, that's a cool site -- I wish he would keep it updated.

Here's a link to Victory Librarie's Poly Performance book, often for sale on eBay under literature:

http://victorylibrary.com/mopar/poly-book.htm

He also provides a board for us "A"-blockers:

http://victorylibrary.com/wwwboard/index4.html

Good stuff! Maybe when I get my act together, I'll get these links on the Links page... (*sigh*). The road to h*ll is paved with good intentions...

Dan