Please when you give that car her new engine, or even before that, she deserves to have a proper exhaust! Don’t get me wrong she sounds decent but you can kinda tell that it has a big exhaust leak!
In 59 the 326 was the base V8 engine. I never saw one with other than a 2 bbl carb. They didn't put the 318 in for a good reason, it was not enough engine. They put both the 361 and 383 in the 59. I owned both. The 383 I had was a D500 the 361 was a custom Sierra wagon that went almost 200K miles. Going from a 326 to a B block is an easy conversion. It is just as easy as the 318 and makes a much more satisfying car. The cast iron Torqueflite has the parking break on the tailshaft of the transmission and with the aluminum TF used the rear brakes for the parking brake. In the early 60's I converted a 57 Ply with a 301 to a 361 and a 59 Ply 318 to a 361. Both easy conversions. Went to the Aluminum TF transmission in the 59 Ply so swapped the rear end for one with the emergency brake in the rear end. If it was me I would forget the 318 and put in a B block. You have many choices and parts are easy to get, Options are 361, 383, 400, RB 383, 413, 426, or 440. You need to swap out the rear end anyway to have a parking brake so putting in one that will handle the power is easy. The 326 was a good engine but was a mundane performer and the 318 has even lower output. I would want a bit more myself. I even had a 59 with a flathead 6. It was smooth but boy was it slow.
I suspect Dodge was forced to switch to the A engine but didn't want to have to have less cubes (318) than the 325 cubic inch of the year before for advertising reasons.
@@auteurfiddler8706 Dodge used the Poly engine from 1955 on. In 1957 and 58 it was 325ci. I had a 57 Dodge D500 with the 325 HEMI And a 57 Chrysler with the 354 Poly. The 325 Poly and the 354 poly were basically HEMI blocks with Poly heads. There was no 318 Hemi. The 318 was the same basic design as the other Poly heads but there were some minor differences. Dodge dropped the HEMI in 58 and went to the B block for their performance engines. The 326 was a one year only engine and was a bored out 318. It had more low end torque than the 318 which the big dodges needed. My granddad had a 59 326, my dad had a 59 361 and I had a 59 D500 383. The B blocks were much more satisfying to drive. the 326 was a little short on power for a young guy.
I love seeing the 59 I'm no where near of being tired of it in my opinion it is one the best cars on this channel. Along with the 85 gmc sierra with the v6
Love the 59. The Chrysler A polyspheric engine was an interesting motor and an argument can be made that this is the engine chrysler should have developed instead of the wedge chamber LA engine. Pushrods usually bend due to a stuck valve or being over revved (probably a stuck valve in this case). On the carb/fuel pump issue, electric fuel pumps are often set up for fuel injection, that runs at higher pressure than would have been provided by a mechanical fuel pump for a carburetor. A pump providing too high fuel pressure would overcome the needle valve and dump fuel down the carb as was shown in prior videos.
The poly was developed the LA (wedge)version is what they came up with! What good argument for the poly? Because UTG said so? I think I watched something on his channel and he talked about it,I think that was his exact phrase (theres a good argument,never was an argument).. The LA engines were bulletproof reliable and powerful(yes same could be said with the poly) but they perfected the small cube V8 with the LA(wedge smallblock)..You can easily get more power from a Wedge than a Poly engine..long life and reliability,they perfected the small cubic inch V8(360&under).. Tell me where is the argument? Who said it? In my 40 plus years I never did hear anyone say that..Even guys at my Mopar club who have them,never argue they should have kept them..Even in the Mopar world the poly engines were ripped out and replaced with LA engines and Big Block's(generally 60's B&C body Mopars)!
@@01trsmar The combustion gasses flow across the head rather than making two ninety degree turns in the wedge head design. The Poly head has most of the features of the Hemi Head but is simpler and cheaper to manufacture. By the early 60s, wedge head designs were good to the point that the difference was at higher revs. The A engine was meant to be an entry level V8 and not a performance engine, with the exception of the later 340.
The Gen 3 Hemi can be argued to be a combo of the Gen 2 Hemi & Poly motor. Nice thing about the Poly 318 is torque. For it's size, it makes oodles of torque. They did make performance intakes & all for them, usually an eBay, FB marketplace, Craigsflake, or swap meet find these days.
No,,,,,,,, Do not stop working on yor Coronet,,,, Is a real kewl old car,,, Try and fix your old engine before putting in a new 318,,, Will give yo a lot of satisfaction when you get it working good,,, :-)
Never ever tired of ANY of your videos. Glad to see more content. Thanks for taking the time to make videos. I know it's a lot more work than most people realize.
The whole rocker shaft assembly has to be un bolted then you lift to complete assembly with rocker arms off the head. If the rocker shafts are frozen in place you will have to get a torch and heat them up.
When I bought my '54 Olds, it had been sitting for over 20 years......the compression checked out great, started it and good oil pressure ... head gasket blew after a few minutes running...pulled heads...two different types of push rods, one of the pistons was a different size with a larger ring to compensate, one of the piston rod connecting bolt nuts was off banging around in the lower end, and the bolt was bent over...after pulling motor apart, the main bearings appeared to be toast...goes to show that a beat motor can still 'seem' decent... Buxx, Shawnee OK
keep on wrenching! I love the content! Shows what people really have to do when working on an old car. Another reason for bent pushrods is overreving the motor. The valves float and bang busted and bent pushrods.
i signed up on austins channel yesterday had a pretty good chat. told him i come at randys recommendation, and when randy says check this guy out, youre good. never regretted a sub recommendation from aar/randy. that says alot
Please don’t stop showing the 59 Dodge, great job on getting the original engine running properly! No need for another engine if it’s going to be alright!
Man I love that car. Once she is all sorted out taking a trip down Rt. 66 would be absolutely amazing. Old car on the old historic route nothing gets better than that.
More of the Coronet! Interesting to see the trials and tribulations of having an older classic car. You are one of few not messing with high $ exotic cars.
That doesn’t need a creepy paint job the thing is so mean looking just sitting there. inside your garage looks like it said you came to the wrong neighborhood
sorry if i sounded harsh on my last post. I just don't want to see your happiness turn to gloom. You indeed deserve a gold star for getting her going again! If you need info on poly motors, my 57-59 plymouth service manual might have some references and procedures. I recommend you get one for your car too. you'll need it. It will save you a lot of headaches. you can get them on disc, and print out what pages you need. Keep these great vids coming :)
Hello another thing I learned while working as a engine repair tech is use a long socket spray extra strength oven spray on it then just once it has broke lose. Use the socket and tape the top a little. But not hard because the retainers will come out.
Cool car. I would come back to your channel just for this. It's value is how original it is and the fact it wasn't messed with. Great candidate for a patina look.
this series so far is THE BEST that you have ever done! Not just because of the classic american iron but having your son work with you and go on test drives...it just brings back memories of me and my dad wrenching on cars and enjoying it rather good or bad outcome. Ironically my own dad owned a Coronet but it was a 69 2 door RT version with the Magnum engine. BTW Ace is a spitting image of you eyes especially!! Will be on pins and needles when she gets shipped off to NY but surely LunarOutlaw is going to set you up with a much nicer powertrain. If you decide to keep the Coronet (I hope!) you should do a Christine tribute paint job. That car would look so good in red/white two tone. And you will get to cruise her down to the Sonic one day and be served by a carhop. Up here in the Northland we do a Back to the Fifties at the MN State Fairgrounds in July. Would be pretty damn cool to see you, the family, and the Coronet come up here and show. Guarantee you no one will have this car and you will be a hit if not the hit of the whow.
I Want to see more wrenching on this first engine I have seen with hillbilly MDS.... Not many Polysphere engines have been featured and I'm totally enthralled by this series
Randy glad to see you at aar headquarters. Keep the engine even if you put in a engine. This will keep everyone happy, because if you sell it, then someone might rebuild it. Ed
I bought a 1959 Ford Fairlane, called it the blue haze because it smoked so bad you couldn't see the car behind you when you took off. I replaced two push rods, points and condenser, changed to oil, hooked it up to a loaded three motorcycle trailer packed with other stuff as well. two adults two kids and two dogs. Filled it up and drove from Enid Oklahoma the Medford Oregon. not a problem. It used two quarts of oil and got about 17mpg. I paid $50 for it in 1974. 1800+ miles, and that was a Ford, Clean the up a bit change the oils it will run until it turns into something good to eat. LOL
I'm really enjoying seeing your work on this motor, and remember this - that motor is a heck of a lot older than yourself and you're having to learn from scratch about knowing what this car needs and how to do it. I don't know what quality of classic car parts are like over on your side of the pond, but here in the UK, there's a lot of replica pattern parts which are not really up to the job and will create new problems of their own. You're doing good :)
love love love this car! shit happens, breakdowns are part of working on cars, that's what AAA is for lol. Keep the content on the Coronet coming Randy!
