Yes, the early Chrysler hemis (I believe '51 thru '53) had an integral
bellhousing. I have read that Offenhauser made trans adapters for them, but
I don't know if they are still available. In addition, I think the '53s
with automatics shared the oil supply between engine & transmission. So, if
this was an auto-equipped engine, something else to look out for.
Also, a friend once told me that a guy in his car club ground off this
bellhousing extension and made his own bellhousing - BUT this person was a
machinist with 30+ years of experience. He said that once the bellhousing
problem was solved, the bolt pattern at the rear of the engine was the same
as later models.
Obviously, I'm not much help (sorry) except to say that you would likely
want to do some careful checking before putting good money into this. Good
luck!
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: Studio2 <studio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 11:20 PM
Subject: [FWDLK] 331 Hemi Gearbox
Hello All,
A friend of mine's turned up a 331 Hemi that may be for sale (a pretty rare
motor over here). He says that the engine's complete, but has no gearbox -
he also says that it looks like the bellhousing is an integral part of the
engine. Is this the case? If so, would a manual box from a Poly 301 bolt up
to it? I've got two in the garage so it makes the Hemi viable if we can bolt
them together.
Thanks,
Anthony Knight
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