Re: [Chrysler300] 300H models question?

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Christopher, Jim and All:
I don't have too much to add, but here are a couple things:
 
---According to the AMA (Automobile Manufacturers Association) there were a  
number of optional engines available for both the 300 and 300H.  The ram  
manifold 413 was rated at 405HP.  Whether any were put into 300Hs is  
questionable.  Some sources indicate the car could be ordered from the  factory with this 
engine---not just a dealer installed item.  No verifiable  300H ORIGINALLY 
equipped with the 405 option has ever surfaced that I am aware  of.  (It wouldn't 
make a lot of sense to put this engine into the much  heavier 300H when it 
could be had in a relatively stripped 300 Sport, would  it?)
 
---When the 300H engine was ordered for a Sport 300, it appears to have  also 
come with the 15" wheels with 300H wheelcovers and the 150mph  speedometer.  
However, as Jim points out, ONLY the 300H came with the full  length console 
and four bucket seats.  This was never available in the  Sport.  Also---it may 
go without saying----the little chrome "H" on the  deck lid was never on the 
Sport, regardless of engine option.
 
---Road tests I have readily available on the 300/300H indicate the "H"  
might have been a second quicker to 60mph than the single 4bbl Sport.   (8.7sec vs 
7.7 sec.)  These things are so variable it is hard to make a  firm statement. 
 The best a "405" ram 300 did was the Hot Rod Special, a  Sport 300 hardtop, 
sponsored by Hot Rod Magazine.  Its best run was  12.88 seconds @ 108.4 mph.  
 
---AMA "curb weight" figures are: 300 Sport, 3750 lbs: 300H, 4010  lbs.  (2 
dr. hardtop weights)
 
---I'll let others comment on the driving characteristics, other than to  say 
the 300H has a softer spring rate than the "F" and "G".  The first time  I 
sat in my "H" after being used to the "F", I was surprised at how much shorter  
the hood seemed from the driving position.  Thought the ride, at that time  
(1971) seemed "choppier" too.  Since then have put many, many pleasurable  miles 
on the "H".  The best it ever handled, was when I put the 14" wheels  from 
the "F" on it for a trip to New England.  (Those wheels had almost new  radials 
on them)  I later returned to the stock 15" wheels with radials, of  course.
 
Hope this was of some help/interest.  Guess I had more to say than I  
anticipated.  
 
300ly, Gil Cunningham
Another perfect day in the Sunshine State
 
 
In a message dated 8/5/2008 7:21:21 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
jmaiani@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:

Christopher....I'll take a stab at a couple of these questions.   Please, 
anyone, correct me if I make a mistake.

Standard motor in H was  the 413 dual quad on inline manifold.  The crossram 
was an option that I  think there were about 10 sold?
On the outside, only the wheel covers and  the letter H on the trunk were the 
difference from the sport.  4 bucket  seats were always a standard item with 
any letter car, the H was no  exception.  I don't know about the performance, 
but I heard that the  crossram gave about 20 more horsepower?  That's about 
all I can  answer.

Jim Maiani
Houghton Lake Michigan
300 H
69 Dart GTS  convertible


----- Original Message ----- 
From:  christopher beilby 
To: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Sent:  Tuesday, August 05, 2008 6:19 PM
Subject: [Chrysler300] 300H models  question?



Can anyone out there give a quick rundown of  what the 300 model range was in 
1962 - ie what were standard motor specs,  features of a 300H. There have 
been a couple of coupes imported here  recently,
1) so if they have 300H badges, (as factory), did that  mean they have a 413, 
and what was the go with ram manifolding and bucket  seats with console? - ie 
were ram setups and centre console standard on any  300H model, or were they 
by then options you must order on any 300H to get  them?
2) what was the weight, performance 0 to 60mph and top speed,  and how much 
gain was ram manifold setup over say single carb? Are they  generally faster, 
easier to drive, better to push hard for fun, than say 300F  and Gs?


Christopher in Australia where across south of  nation in many coastal parts 
showers continue 6 days out of 7 for last near 2  months looking like good 
grain crop season if this continues but key major  supply dams still getting near 
total empty and nation's biggest river looking  like may stop come summer for 
first time in like '100s years' if no one big  rain this winter
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