[FWDLK] 1950's Dodge V8 Engine

["William Reata Lewis" <William.Lewis6@xxxxxxx>]

Josh, the "all new" '55 Plymouth engines came in 240 & 259.X Cube versions
 (latter also referred to as a
260).  They were the new Poly conversions from Dodge's 240 Block of previous
 years.  In 1956, the 259
was stretched to 270 for use mainly in the Plaza/Savoy lines, while Plymouth
 also introduced in '56 the 277
cu in, the true forerunner of the "A" engines that went to 301, 303('56 Fury &
 Canadian applications), and
318.  They can be differentiated (270 vs 277) by a look at their valve covers,
 the 270 had a scallopped
bottom edge to the Valve covers, 277 fairly straight.  In '56 270 only offered
 in 2 barrel form, while 277
optioned in both 2 & 4 bbls, and also the 2 X 4 option available from dealer for
 277 (as an aside to the '56
Fury options).  Hope this helps.

Jack Lewis
Golden Fin Society - '56 Fury

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>From: jackerman@xxxxxxxxxx
>To: William.Lewis6@xxxxxxx
>Subject: [FWDLK] 1950's Dodge V8 Engine
>Date: February 05, 1999
>
> Hola.......
>
>     The "All New" 1955 Plymouth V8 was really a Dodge engine. It has that
>funky manifold and Polyspherical heads.
>NOW FOR THE QUESTION:  What Dodge engine was this.... I believe it was a
>270, but I am not sure on what years this engine was used on.....  Does
>anyone here know?
>
>                                             Thanks,
>Josh <PlymouthV8@xxxxxxx>
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