alternative engines, now Hemi

[CLsnyder]

----- Original Message -----
From: Todd....!! <atc347 at c-com.net>
To: <diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu>
Sent: Monday, May 24, 1999 12:23 PM
Subject: Re: alternative engines, now Hemi


> Sounds like a painful operation to me!!
>
> ALSO, BTW - FYI - Found a HUGE IMPERIAL cruisin in the junk yard
> universe this weekend, and it has a HEMI IN IT!!
>
> HOWEVER it's an old 50's or early 60's at the latest car, I can't tell
> what year it is.. but the distributor is in the rear of the hemi, which
> means that is ain't a 426(426's dist is in the front like the newer
> mopar BB's)  So the question now is, is this engine truly a 392 or just
> a 331...?
>
392 was used in '57 and '58. '56 was a 353. '51 to '55 were 331.

Single headlights up to '56.
> EITHER way, it IS a hemi and it is HUGE!  NO ONE will be able to tel the
> diff tween it and a REAL 426 hemi except for the distributor sittin in
> the back!
>
> Anybody know how to tell what year the car is or whether or not the
> engine is a 331 or 392 hemi?
>
> They only want $300 for it, and that's still negotiable...
>
> Will be checkin for info on how to tell what this engine is...
>
> May just have ta pull a head to check the bore and pull the crank to
> check the stroke or somethin...  the bore should tell me nuff?  Will be
> gettin the specs and differences tween the 331 and 392 as well...
>
> LATER!
>
> Todd....!!
>
>
> Frederic Breitwieser wrote:
> >
> > > Actually, the plug location in a Hemi is bad because it is off to one
side.
> > > Its the best you can do with a Hemi but its still bad.  As a result it
needs
> >
> > >From what I've read a not so uncommon mod for all out racing is to
drill
> > and tap another spark plug hole... but I've not found anything on the
> > net about it.  Someone who was slightly intoxicated mentioned this to me
> > in a bar a year or so ago.
>
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