Thanks for the help. We may rebuild the engine and restore ther whole car
but I read somewhere that there were 2 different 383 engines in that era. 1
for the Dodge and Plymouth and another for Chrysler and some parts are not
interchangable because 1 is a bored out 361 and the other a underbored 413.
I will measure the bore and stroke when we pull the heads for a valve grind.
----- Original Message -----
From: <Tubamirbls@aol.com>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 8:09 PM
Subject: Re: DML: classic Chrysler question
>
> I recall quite well when the 64 Newport was a new car and would venture to
> say that very few would ever have been dealer ordered with a manual trans.
> If so it would obviously been a price leader to get people on the lot so
they
> could bait and switch. It could of course been a factory order for a
> customer who wanted what he got.
>
> I could look it up but I think by 64 the basic Chrysler engine would have
> been a 383 which of course is just a 361 slightly bored (or stroked, can't
> recall which). In that period one block provided the 273-318-340-360 and
the
> other the 361-383-413. I believe 426 hemi's while sharing some big block
> parts were still pretty much unique unto themselves.
>
> Paul Sahlin
>
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