What will you do to ensure that the engine is of correct dimension regarding the motor mounts, transmission bell-housing connection points, and many other things? What if you rebuild it and something is "different" and not discovered until you are re-assembling with machine-work done, or worse yet, a rebuilt engine that fails to match up somehow. I don't know who will be able to tell you about interchange (although this list can amaze). I suspect that finding a correct engine will be easier than getting an assurance that the engine you have will be correct. Correct engines for your car are scarce as it is - they're popular with the hot-rod crowd, so this will likely be quite a challenge. -Kenyon --- ajl <alacaria@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Everyone; > > I have a unique situation. My son purchased a 1956 > Imperial, it is a decent > car with a very nice interior. It sat in a garage > for the last 20 years. > The one thing missing is an engine. Someone > carefully removed the engine > with great care, left everything else intact. > > I have just started looking for an engine for it. A > gentleman close to me > has a 1957 Industrial Hemi with 39,000 miles. It is > set up with 2 single > barrel carburetors, which I would change out for a 4 > bbl set up. From my > research, the industrial Hemi has lower compression > and hardened valve > seats for low maintenance. The horsepower rating on > a Industrial Hemi is > 218HP. The 354 Hemi that was in the 56 Imperial has > a 280hp rating. > > My question is this: > > My sons Imperial has the 2 speed powerflite > transmission in it. If we use > this Hemi would it have enough oomph to get it > around especially pulling > hills? Also when they state an industrial Hemi at > 218hp, is it with a 2 > single barrel setup, if so how much more horsepower, > if any, would adding > the 4 bbl carburetor on it. > > Thanks > > Anthony > > > > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com > ----------------- > This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing > List. Please > reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your > response will be > shared with everyone. Private messages (and > attachments) for the > Administrators should be sent to > webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to > http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Cheap talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. http://voice.yahoo.com ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm