RE: 1963 Fender Tag Engine Code??

[Rich Kinsley <rlkinsley@xxxxxxxxx>]

Bill Watson wrote:
> 
> 
> For a 1963 model, it matters not if it is a 330, 440 or Polara - the 
> engine 
> availability was the same for all three 1963 Dodge series.
> 
> Although the engine code on the tag is "02", etc., the full sales code 
> is 
> "502".   Thus the zero does mean something - it is the second digit of 
> the 
> full sales code.
> 
> The standard engine on the Valiant and Lancer was the 170 slant six, on 
> a 
> Plymouth 6 or Dodge 6 - the 225 slant six,  and on a Plymouth V8 or 
> Dodge 
> V8 - 318 V8.  Thus if there is no engine code on the Lynch Road or 
> Hamtramck 
> cars, the car would have one of the base engines as listed above.
> 
> The list of engines for 1963 :
> 
> Sales
> Code         Engine             Tag No.
> 
> 502     225-cid 6                    02
> 503     361-cid V8                 03
> 504     383-cid V8, 2-bbl       04
> 505     383-cid V8, 4-bbl       05
> 506     413-cid V8                 06
> 509     426-cid V8, 415bhp   09
> 519     426-cid V8, 425bhp   19
> 
> The 225-cid slant six was optional on the Valiant and Dart, and as the 
> 318 
> was not an optional engine on any car, no number appears for it in 
> lists.
> 
> Bill
> Vancouver, BC
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There were three /6's. They also had a 190ci. What was that application? 
Back in about '73 I did my first engine build with a 225 and they gave 
me the 170 engine kit. When we fired it up I think you could have burned 
wood in it. It was dead!! I pulled the head and checked things and 
noticed the stroke was wrong. They gave me a new kit but it was a pain. 
It was gopod practice though. I got to build it twice. I did see the 190 
kit listed too at that time.



Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies


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