Hi Col,
I also have a 1962 Dodge Phoenix (Aust assembled). As far as I know, they only came with the 318 Poly .. and you are correct about the engine being off center. They left them as built in the USA, but just shoehorned in the right had drive steering geometry. That's why we have remote oil filters as its super hard to get anything into that area. hence why its a problem fitting headers - they have to be custom made for that side on our cars. I haven't had to replace engine mounts on mine .. so it will be interesting to see what fits and works. Was it a problem on one side or both?
Cheers
Tony
1938 Chrysler Fargo
1962 Dodge Phoenix
1965 Chrysler 300L
1973 Chrysler VJ Valiant Ranger XL
2013 Chrysler 300C
On Friday, 17 June 2016 05:41:47 UTC+10, Colin Wolf wrote:
Folks,
Can anyone shed some light on the size of engines which were installed in Australian assembled SD2 1962 Dodge Phoenix? I understand there were 400 cars assembled from imported knocked down kits in the Chrysler plant at Tonsley Park, Adelaide.
Everything I have read says that they all had 318 Poly engines.
However, I had a broken engine mount repaired last week. The workshop guy insists that this car originally had a 383. The standard engine mounts would not fit, but the mounts from a Valiant slant 6 fitted perfectly. He could see signs of the cross member having been reworked and the engine is slightly off centre. He is convinced that the original 383 engine has been taken out and substituted with a 318 poly, with engine mounts modified to suit.
Just curious.
Col Wolf
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