Steve,
I had the same '63 Plymouth w/318 that you have but mine was not a Fury,
but a Belvedere. That sucker was fast. If I'm not mistaken (and I might be
as it's been a long time since my Mopar days) I think the block was the
same size as the 383.
Gerard
At 1:44 PM -0700 5/19/02, Swift Justice wrote:
>Which is most likely true. The 318 Poly L engine was used up to about 65
>or 66 I
>think, it was known as the wide block or "big small block" because even
>though it
>was considered small bore size it was a big engine physically. After 66
>the 318
>LA engine came out which was a smaller engine, but still bigger physically
>than a
>Ford 289. The trade off for the size was a very strong engine that would
>take a
>lot upgrades without disintegrating.
>
>There was one small v-8's in the darts, but most of the darts had the slant 6.
>(leaning tower of power)
>Steve
>
>conan@ralvm8.vnet.ibm.com wrote:
>
>> << wideblock,
>>
>> Steve,
>> I think this was the problem with not continuing the Tigers with
>> a Chrysler engine, not a problem with a wimpy engine. ;-) :-) :-)
>>
>> For those considering building their own Tiger.. Shelby did a lot
>> more development than -just- dropping a V8 into an Alpine to make a
>> Tiger. (Yes, it was another Shelby project! :-) ) Do your homework
>> first!
>> Ed in NC
>> I went to high-school with a girl who drove an Alpine coupe.
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