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Location: Pacific Northwest | I came across a gentleman who has a '57 301 allegedly rebuilt and bored out to 312ish for sale. It's got the 4bbl intake manifold and I'm only after the air cleaner that is incorrect for the engine application. Anyone interested? Need parts? He's pretty firm on his price so I would only be looking at recouping a little.
Another thing. If any of you know what casting numbers to look for I would appreciate your help. I just want to confirm that we are dealing with a '57 and not an earlier 55-56 Chrysler engine.
Thanks, Andrew |
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Location: Newark, Texas (Fort Worth) | Here's all i found on the poly:
Stamping on block.
Plymouth Poly V8
Engine ID CID Year
P27 241 1955
P29 270* 1956
P29 277 1956
FP29 303 Fury 1956
P31-1 277 1957
P31-2 301 1957
FP31 318 Fury 1957
FLP 318 Fury 1958
MP8 318 1959
P318 318 1960
R318 318 1961
S318 318 1962
T318 318 1963
V318 318 1964
A318 318 1965
B318 318 1966
Casting number info:
http://www.forwardlook.net/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=28292
http://www.forwardlook.net/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=13002
Marc.
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Location: Peoples Republic of Oregon | The above list mixes the Dodge Hemi-based engines, (241-260-270) and the A series engines.
The Chrysler 301 Spitfire is a variant of the EarlyHemi design and totally different than the 301 Ply A series.
The easy way to ID an A engine is that the intake seals the valley and the Hemi series has a separate valley cover.
All of the Hemi-based engines have the user code stamped in the block at the top-front just in front of the valley cover.
The A series are stamped in the face of the block just below the deck surface on the driver side.
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Location: Pacific Northwest | Awesome! Thanks guys! |
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