Someone asked me today what "Mopar" stands for. I have no idea. ?? Patrick '58 Southampton 4 dr hrdtp ----- Original Message ----- From: "A. Foster" <monkeypuzzle1@xxxxxxx> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 8:45 PM Subject: IML: Mid Seventies Chrysler Products > Hello All; > I have been offered a 1975 Chrysler Newport for a reasonable price and > though it isn't an Imperial, or N.Y.B, I believe that it shares a number of > things in common. It is with those things that these cars have in common > that I would like to ask a few questions. > First the car has a 440 engine, like its Imperial relatives, but has no > E.G.R system or an air pump. It does have the crankcase vent system, the > fuel vapour collection system for the gas tank, and a Carter Thermoquad > carburettor. The odd thing is that the 440s used in 75' Chryslers weren't > available with dual exhausts but the 400s were. > According to my Motor Manual the engine has a compression ratio of 8.2:1 > verses 10.1:1 for a 1969 440. How did Chrysler achieve this drop in > compression; different heads? Thicker gaskets? I do know that the 69' > pistons had a raised deck height, are the 75's flat topped? > There is a device under the hood called a speed control servo. It is > connected to the carburettor via a steel cable and the brake booster via a > vacumn line. I though that this might have been an updated version of an > AutoPilot but there is no control dial visable on the dash. Further the > Motor Manual gives no account of its purpose or how it functions, only how > to adjust it. > On the heater/A.C control on the dash it has a set of push buttons and the > script "AutoTemp II". Does this unit use one of those infamous > disintegrating control servos like the earlier cars? Should I be on the > lookout for a junk Mercedes now? > Best Regards > Arran Foster > 1954 Imperial Newport > Needing A Left Side Tailight Bezel and other trim parts. > > >