[FWDLK] 315 hemi

Hi all:

My first brand new car was a '56 Dodge Coronet, coupe, D500. I ruled my area of western PA for many months, until a '57 Pontiac tri-power came along. And then he only nudged me out in a 1/2 mile drag race on the back roads of PA. I won every race between my D500 and the new '57 D500's the Dodge dealer (my cousin) had. Maybe in those days, the answer was the 3/4 race cam I had ordered with the car. Dammit, I was in college in 1961 and the engine needed an overhaul. I had no spare cash so traded it in on a 1959 Hillman for the economy. I still am kicking my posterior.

Fast forward to 1985. I purchased a '56 Dodge Custom Royal 4-door sedan. Rebuilt everything and replaced the stock 4-barrel carb with a 650 cfm Carter. I could not tell any performance difference between this car and the D500 I had many years before. And, I even leaned the jets out as I was going to drive it to the WPC National Meet in Detroit that year and I wanted a bit of economy.

Just my 2 cents worth. Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

Dan Reitz

Bell Canyon, CA

300F

1966 300 vert.

1956 Dodge Custom Royal

In a message dated 11/22/2012 11:05:19 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, esierraadj@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:

Well, you'd better TELL him that his new car ain't gonna be like the
one he used to own...his new cloned engine will not perform as well
as his former one did, even though it might appear to he a Hemi engine.

Dave Homstad brought up a good point about the exhaust manifolds
being different between the two engines, as well as the general mechanical
differences between them.

Really feel sorry for the car's next owner, though.

Neil Vedder

On 11/22/2012 8:47 AM, Jonnie wrote:
> THANKS___to all who responded and sent me very good info about the differences between the hemi-poly 315's-------I have pretty much figuered out what we have to do------I am doing this car----he has several Mopar's from the 60's---early 70's----for a guy who owned a 56 Custom Royal Lancer when he and his wife married over 50 years ago-----so I am not trying to mis-represent this car in any way ---he just wants this car to be like the one he used to own----Johnnie Slayton
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