I recall reading that the ’55-’58 hemi’s were inspected after boring the castings. If porosity was found, a liner would be installed, and the engine would not be installed in a letter car. It seems that Imperials would also get the cherry blocks. After that, tri-metal bearings were used in the letter cars and different intake manifold, distributor, solid tappets and cam of course. I look forward to reading informed responses to the question of the differences between New Yorker, 300’s with single carb and ram-engined 413’s, especially any block differences between the 360 HP and 390 HP ram engines. I know the compression ratio was a little lower (9.6 on ram engine vs 10.1 on single carb/hydraulic lifter engines)r. A quick scan of the 1964 engine spec’s in the main service manual and the supplemental manual did not indicate any differences in dimensions, weights, pistons and bearings between the 300 Sport, 300 ram, NY or Imperial 413’s. Other than dual exhaust, mechanical tappets, exhaust valve head diameter, dual carbs, cam, distributor & etc. The lower compression ratio on the ram engine was interesting. Perhaps the ram effect caused too high of a net compression effect?? Anxious to learn. Rich Barber Brentwood CA. Summer is nigh. 80’s today. Periodic reminder: Our Brentwood is about half-way between Oakland and Stockton (Scary ), not the upscale neighborhood in NW Los Angeles. From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of 'william ELDER' belder@xxxxxxxxx [Chrysler300] All: __._,_.___ Posted by: "Rich Barber" <c300@xxxxxxx> To send a message to this group, send an email to: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or go to https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/all/manage/edit For list server instructions, go to http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm For archives go to http://www.forwardlook.net/300-archive/search.htm#querylang __,_._,___ |