318LA Myth's still being created!

When Chrysler came out with the 273 for 1964 they used the 'Off the shelf' parts of the Mid 1960's Poly-Teen. The massive forged steel crank was too heavy for the 273's small piston and the 'Bean Counters' would not let them lighten the forged cranks down to match the pistons. So, their answer was to put a MASSIVE wrist pin in the 273 piston to weight it the same as a 318 Poly piston.
Back when I built my 273 for my 1965 Dart GT 4 speed, I ordered some lighter pistons and lighter wrist pins. The crank was sent out to be balanced to the pistons weight and they took out almost 6 pounds and added 1 pound of Mallory metal.Back in 1975 it cost me big $$$ to balance that pig.
With the stock 9 inch clutch that 273 would go from 800 RPM to 7,000 RPM and back to 800 RPM like a KZ900.

The OP has edited most of the posts removing a lot of stuff. His unedited post was really harsh but the edited one seems calm and all posts after seem to be bashing him for no reason.....

Sorry but Uncle Tony seems to act like a Crack head tweeking. But over the years of reading his posts in Car Mag's, he usually gives straight information. I can only watch his channel if I adjust the playback speeds to 1 3/4 speed. Sorry UT.

Every 273 and 318 I have pulled apart, except my mom's 1978 Dippy 318, were Forged Cranks. Two 273's cranks came out of factory Auto cars that had never been tore down and they had 'Pilot Bushing' pressed in for manual shift trans.

And then there's the 360 Cranks made by Pontiac Motor Division with PMD stamped on them...... Myth or fact???