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With a good running 440, there will be a big difference in performance. That being said, what are you going to do with this car? If it was mine and like you said has a good running 383, I would leave it that way. Is the 440-crank drilled out for a 4 speed? If not, that could be a problem. Drive...

Does the piece on the transmission have a rubber grommet in it?

I don't know about the 1965 Poly, but the LA318 that I put in a '57 Belvedere bolted right up. The '57 mounts from the poly 301 (same as 318) bolted nicely to the LA318 with no issues. The LA318 was a 1974 motor and I installed it with the 904 torqueflite it came with. I did fabricate a tranny...

My dad had a new 1960 T-Bird. What 1960 T-Birds had a lift off top? No such thing. The earlier 1955-1957 T-Birds had a lift off top, but not the bigger ones from 1958-1960.

What blower? Everyone has different tastes. It looked nice when you had it. Not a fan of the state it is in now.

I had Firm Feel do the one on my 57. I would say it was about 20 years ago and it is still working fine. I had them do stage 1 and it is tighter than stock but nice to drive.

Back around 1964 my older brother bought a 1956 Merc. with a 312 in it. It had a rod knock from a spun bearing. The plan was to swap motors as the car otherwise was mint. It was a black 2 door hardtop with a black and white interior. My brother pulled the pan and looked at the crank which did...

That is good advice. How many miles are on the motor?

Nice job.

You can figure what ratio you have by turning the rear wheel and counting the rotation of the driveshaft.

It depends on how you use your car. Mine is not a daily driver and I tune it for maximum performance. When you tune it to keep it from detonating you are leaving horsepower on the table. That is the right way to do it for a car that you use daily. If you have higher compression, higher octane...

I've used VP products for years including their race gas. They will give you a good idea of what you can expect based on the octane gas you start with. As a rule of thumb, any octane booster that is any good will come in a metal container.

I use this. Without it I get some pinging. I have 11.2 compression. With it, no pinging at any RPM.

Nice car. The 2 door sedans look great. Back in 1970 a good friend of mine had a Fury I 2 door sedan also with a 383 and torqueflite. His was not the original motor and tranny. The car was owned by a couple of guys who raced it and kept the original motor for another car they were racing. It was...

I like what you did with the grill. I think the scoop takes away from the cars nice clean look.

He should ask $250,000 for that one of a kind "beauty" if he sells it. The wing in the back looks like it is made out of plywood. "Different strokes for different folks".

I think the way you found the shocks is somewhat responsible for the poor handling. A sway bar is a good idea and should make a nice difference. Back in the sixties I bought a 1960 chevy while I was in the Army. The rear shocks were so bad the car bounced up and down like the one in Uncle Buck...

I would start with the light switch. That should always have power to it.

Poly 318s can be made to run well. How fast are you looking to make it. A good intake and carb, along with a good cam and lifters will wake that motor up. Put in a good set of gears and it will perform like a different car. Even if the parts cost a little more it will still be less than a...

Nice. I'm sure you will get it worked out. It's amazing how much bad work is done on some of these cars.