Back in it think 62 - 63 there was a 383 and a 383RB (raised block), which
was like a 413 - 426 wedge - 440.Heads fit but intake was different between
the two.
GEORGE!!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Miller WB5OXQ" <wb5oxq@clearsource.net>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 9:55 PM
Subject: Re: DML: classic Chrysler question
>
> 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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