IF this Newport has an original 440, it is a highly unusual and most likely
rare car.
I think you could get a 440 on these as a special order, but most Newports
had a 400 as the biggest engine. Please pardon the non-Imp content, but this
could turn out to be quite the unusual old Mopar.
Phil <><
----- Original Message -----
From: "A. Foster" <monkeypuzzle1@xxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 9:45 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.
>
>
>
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