John- In 2005 I began the build of my 1961 Plymouth Savoy. I used a 440 block and the manifolds from a wrecked F. I sourced all my RAM linkages pedal to carbs from JC Auto. My guess is that the Cordoba (late B body) will require some re-engineering to make it work. My thought is that he will need to transition from a throttle cable to the linkage, it will not be possible – nor desirable – for the linkage to be solid from foot to throttle as it is in our 300’s. A discussion with the folks at JC will likely inform you of the best way forward. On the other hand I might talk him out of it because it sounds like far more trouble than its worth. A “built” 440 with a big carb but wearing its lean burn air cleaner and plastic box would look like a 400 and surprise the crap out of those Mopar boys with disdain for Corinthian leathor. What a sleeper! From: chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Nowosacki For about a year or so, I've been helping/advising a friend with a 78 or so Cordoba who wanted to put a 440 with crossrams into his vehicle. Last fall my wife and I decided to follow our only daughter and son-in-law out of New England salt and moved south, so my consulting has had to continue from afar. The Cordoba is a family heirloom of sorts, but after seeing my G convertible at car shows and cruise nights for years, he really wanted to add a set to his car. My friend, Mark, eventually sent his ram equipped engine up to Canada to Nick's garage for final rebuild/setup/dyno tuning. (I think the results are in episode 085 or 086). The bell crank and carb linkage setup was not that difficult to help him with, but now he has the task of getting the rest of the linkage (gas pedal and transmission linkages) figured out. The firewall of a 78 Cordoba is probably not very close to the same as a 60 or 61 Chrysler, so not sure how this is going to work out. He recently asked me if I had a list of the part numbers of the pieces that make up the rest of the linkage to the gas pedal and transmission, which I do not. I don't believe the shop manual even lists part numbers for these pieces. Any ideas of how I should suggest he proceed? Anyone out there have any 'extra' pieces they might be willing to sell to him to see if he can make them work in his application? Thanks, -- For archives go to http://www.forwardlook.net/300-archive/search.htm#querylang --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Chrysler 300 Club International" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to chrysler-300-club-international+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/chrysler-300-club-international/00fa01d971ff%24be3e3f90%243ababeb0%24%40northeastretail.com. |
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