According to some of my books the 1962 Imperial was available with the cross
rams from the factory and being an employee of Chrysler for many years I can
attest to the fact that during the 50's and 60's that if you knew someone in
Chrysler a person could order just about anything they wanted including
minor things like engines
Don
59 Crown
55 C300
55 NY
49 NY
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Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 8:27 AM
Subject: IML: Imperial and cross-rams
> Quoting Elijah Scott <imperial1971@xxxxxxxxx>:
>
>
> > I seriously doubt that any Imperials left the assembly
> > line with the cross rams (but it was possible, 'cause
> > in the '60s, you could order dang near anything). But
> > it would have been very easy for buyers to have
> > requested them and have the dealer install them.
>
> In order to get a proper conversion to the 375 hp 413, in addition to the
cross
> rams, you would need to also replace the cam. There may be more internal
> differences between a standard 413, and the high output 413 of the letter
cars,
> but the two major performance mods are the intake manifold and the cam.
> Installing the manifold with the stock cam may have negative effects.
Would a
> dealer undertake such modifications?
>
> D^2
>
>
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