So, this short block should be worth something to somebody??
I’d better no scrap it then.
Did notice that the pistons have the valve relief in them 180 degrees apart just like a Hemi would have.
Thanks for the input folks!!
Dave
And exhaust manifolds , front of engine stuff may change etc. 354 Block is the same ; ---if serious , Hot Heads aluminum hemi heads and intake is the way to go on this idea. Rebalance needed too. Lots of $. Same steel crank
Also true of 57-58 Dodge 325 poly and dodge, raised Red Ram block / hemi heads (56-57 315/325) However , power pack 325 4 bbl poly is only about 15 HP down on a hemi D500 ; not worth all that work . What is HP of 354 Windsor poly with 4 bbl? Probably not bad. Surprises people
Interesting on that, Dodge changed the lifter angles between 241/270 low block hemi and 315/325 raised block mini hemi , (made both correct, thank you Burt) making identical appearing Dodge V8 cams or cam cores not interchange at all (big pit there if you did not know that..I did not!) . But Chrysler apparently did not change lifter angles?? To 392? . . I wanted to talk to Burt about that, but time flew by. The legacy of that, which he passively agreed to, smiling, was the 273/318 /360 has poor pushrod angles all the way through production (tooling originally designed for a Hemi or Poly rocker tip location, which is closer to center of bores) ..must have used the same , then new, tooling. Chrysler came up with the special R block to fix that, 20+ years later? which then required a special camshaft. Somehow it all ties together…
I would think you would at least need Hemi pistons, and push rods.
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2018 12:04 PM
Subject: [Chrysler300] regular 354 Windsor block to a HEMI???
I have been told, mainly by folks on the F/L site, that a regular 354 block such as would be found in a 57 Windsor, can
Be converted into a Hemi simply by installing hemi heads.
Forgive my stupidity here, but why am I just now hearing about this and is it true.
What all is involved??
Sounds WAY to simple and easy to be true.
What am I missing here if anything??
Dave Schwandt
