RE: 426 block was (Re: test and tune)

[Rich Kinsley <rlkinsley@xxxxxxxxx>]

When I got my '64 330, 2dr post, 383, 4spd, my friend got a '64 Polara 
2dr htp,street wedge , 4spd. It ran good and eventually was turned into 
an altered wheelbase car. I was in the Army over on Korea then and lost 
track of him. I think he was in Missouri then. He'd probably be about 70 
something now and I don't even remember his name :-)

Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies
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Dodger7998@xxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> 
> Did some checking and this is what I came up with,,,,,
>  
> There also was a street version of the 426 in 1964, but it lacked 
> virtually 
>  all the Max Wedge components--with good reason. While you could walk 
>  into 
> any  Dodge or Plymouth dealer and order your Mopar with a 426 Max Wedge, 
> the 
> trouble  started when you took delivery and tried to drive it home. The 
> engine was almost  undrivable on the street: the 426 MaxWedge was a 
> racing 
> engine, pure and simple.  The 426 street wedge, while lacking the power 
> of its 
> snarling brother, also had  none of the headaches.
> 
> The 426 street wedge had one four-barrel  carburetor mounted on a cast 
> iron 
> intake manifold, and had provision for  crossover heat to the manifold 
> to 
> aid warmup. The exhaust manifolds were  conventional - not the wildly 
> shaped 
> units used on the Max Wedge. Compression  was a healthy 10.3:1. 
> Horsepower 
> was 365 at 4800 rpm with 470 pounds-feet of  torque at 3200 rpm.
> 
> The last year for the 365-hp 426 street wedge was  1965. Mopar fans who 
> dreamed of having a 426 Street Hemi derived from the 426  Race Hemi 
> would not 
> have to dream much longer.
> 
> Ratings:
> 1963: (Max  Wedge - 11.0:1) 415 bhp @ 5600 rpm, 470 lb-ft @ 4400 rpm. 
> (Max 
> Wedge - 13.5:1)  425 bhp @ 5600 rpm, 480 lb-ft @ 4400 rpm.
> 1964: (Street Wedge) 365 bhp @ 4800  rpm, 470 lb-ft @ 3200 rpm.
>  
>  
> In a message dated 5/26/2010 8:26:15 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
> Dodger7998@xxxxxxx writes:
> 
> >  
> 
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> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> 



Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies


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