Poly 318 vs LA 318 Rocker Shafts?????

The wedge has the inline valves.

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Poolyspherical head engines


Semi-Hemi” Polyspherical Head V8 Engines:
241, 259, 270, 301, 315, 325, 331, 354

Engineer Pete Hagenbuch wrote:

I don't know who invented the word “polyspherical” but the design was supposed to maintain the characteristics of the true hemi with one rocker shaft and attendant cost savings. What it wasn’twas a wedge chamber with inline valve stems.