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Thanks Neil for the answer to my question on 57 D 501 Dodges. I
checked the 57 Daytona race results and there was not even one Chrysler,
Dodge or Plymouth in the race. Chrysler Corporation pulling out of racing after
dominating the past years. They must have scared even the private owner of
the mighty 300's and D-501 from competing. I think they would have done well if
they would have competed. Chrysler products never had a real strong stick shift
transmission. If I remember correctly, the Dodge 500's with stick
shifts had to start out in second gear with only one shift into high. The
few friends I had that had stick shift Dodges and Plymouth in 57 and 58 had
a problem of busting up their right hand from hitting the dash
every time they speed shifted into second gear.
I really feel the D 501 would have been a terror on the drag
strip with a Chrysler 300 C torqueflite. I bet not one owner changed over to
Torqueflite transmission in those D 501 Dodges!!!! Guess we will never
know.
Watch the 57 Daytona Beach race on "you tube"----- click
below
In a message dated 12/10/2010 2:26:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
esierraadj@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Ron, if
you are asking about the 1957 D 501 models: all of them
were manual
transmissions.
Dunno about the 1956 D-500-1 models, as far as their
trannies are concerned.
Neil Vedder
Ron Swartley
wrote:
> *Jim,*
> **
> * I agree with
you on the 57 cam being capable of handling the
> additional carburetor
on the 325 cu inch 1957 D 500 Super. Dodge did
> the same thing on the
1958 Dodge D 500 super with 2/4 bbl carbs.(same
> cam)*
>
*However I do remember reading a special report on the 1957 D 500-1
> which had the leftover 56 Chrysler 300 B engines of 354 cu inches, it
> said they had the new 1957 Chrysler 300 C cam with solid lifter
> installed in their 354 engines.*
> * I
wonder if anybody on the list knows if there were any D 500-1
> that
were produced with Torqueflite transmission. Nobody seem to ever
> talk
about that?*
> **
> * Ron
Swartley*
> * (still loose on the East Coast)*
>
> In
a message dated 12/10/2010 2:41:35 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>
57SuperD500@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> The
parts book doesn’t show any of the known 1957 Super D
>
exclusively components. Like – for instance and among others
–
> Generator Bracket, Shaft to Carburetor Rod and
Coil Mounting Bracket.
>
> So, not listing a
Super D cam doesn’t mean there wasn’t one. But
> like
I explained earlier: the ‘basic’ D500 was capable enough to
>
handle the increased air/fuel mixture flow at higher revs. And
the
> higher revs were simply and solely accomplished
by adjusting the
> transmission rod to a higher
shifting point. Higher revs need more
> air/fuel
mixture, that’s when the second (front) carburetor comes
>
in. In contrary to the 1956, the 1957 Super D dual
carburetor
> setup was progressively
linked.
>
>
>
>
Jim, The Netherlands.
>
>
>
>
>
>
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