Re: My project"64 Plymouth Valiant"

[Dennis <djohn14296@xxxxxxxxx>]

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This is very true, but even with the room in the B-body, I still ended up moving the engine up 1" and forward 2", from the normal placement of the engine. The main reason was to make room for the headers and to keep the headsn from laying on the shock towers. And with this, still had to dimple the passenger side tower for one of the header bolts.


Bill Watson <wwatson5@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The Dodge hemi block is about the same size as the A block, but the heads
are what give the hemi and poly blocks the appearance of width.

You will have problems fitting the hemi and poly blocks around the steering
gear - the L:A block was given a small depression on the left side of the
block to allow more room in that area.

You don't say if your V-100 has a 273 right now or not, but if you have an
early production 1964 (before the 273 V8 was introduced) you will also have
problems around the firewall. The firewall stamping was altered to make
room for the distributor and heads on the LA block.

These early hemis would fit into a 1965 Coronet or Belvedere as they are the
larger B body. And the B body was available with R, RB and 426 hemi, all
engines that were larger than the A block and earlier Dodge hemi/poly
engines. But the pre-1967 A body engine compartment was both shorter and
narrower.

It can be done, though. There is a 1963 Valiant convertible here in
Vancouver that someone stuffed an early hemi under the hood.

Bill
Vancouver, BC







Dennis

'04 Ram Hemi



		
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