Carman1973

Good Evening All, Thanks for the input. I have been researching the "A" engine for several months and searching for performance parts for them.. I have seen several requests for parts for these engines as well. I would say that the lack or a solid supply of parts has hindered the interest for people to take this engine family seriously. Like anything, the path of least resistance is the one most people will take. But when you consider you can get 500HP and 500FtLb of torque out of the engine you already own should be very appealing. And when you consider that these were used in dragsters back in the day should help give you assurance that it is a robust base for a performance build. I was hoping I could get some hard numbers of how many were produced. I could then do some fancy calculations to determine the potential market for aftermarket parts. Lets be serious for a second, there are still thousands upon thousands of these still out there.. Our younger enthusiasts that are hitting the seen could have an opportunity to acquire a reasonably priced vehicle that has the potential to "Hop-Up" the existing powertrain without breaking the bank. I am looking for any of the performance intakes and any other goodies that you may have buried on a shelf that I could use to develop tooling for and upgrade for improved performance. I have the capabilities to do all the aluminum castings (including heads with thicker walls for porting. I can also do Headers, pistons, cams, cranks, rods.....) and all of the finish machining. Any help I can get to source some of those old parts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Guys and Gals. Stay Safe

Good Evening All, I am new to this Forum but have read several topics and am very appreciative for the interaction of its' membership. Knowledge is a powerful too and should be shared. I have a '65 Plymouth Satellite Convertible in my small collection and am ready to start my restoration. Unfortunately I have run into a brick wall when it comes to the availability of performance parts for the Poly engines. Being the owner of a small Manufacturing Engineering company, I am investigation producing my own line of aftermarket performance parts for these "unappreciated" engines. If everyone only knew what a forgotten Jem they are. So for the purpose of this thread, I have been searching for production data of the 1954 to 1967 "A Family" Poly engines. I would like to know what the production quantities were for the 277, 301, 313, 318, and 326 Polys. If anyone has this information they could share with me it would be greatly appreciated. I am also in search of Poly parts to either borrow or purchase for reverse engineering purposes. Thanks all you fellow car lovers. Hope to see you in Carlisle, that is after we can travel again.