Re: [FWDLK] Engine size for 1955 Belvedere

[Bill Watson <wwatson5@xxxxxxxxx>]

No, the Dodge 241 is a totally different engine from the A block (277, 301,
303, 313, 318, 326).  The bore centres on the A are larger than on the
Dodge.

The 1955 Plymouth poly V8 (241, 260) was based on the Dodge block, the one
that came out in 1953 as a hemi.   For 1956, Plymouth offered the poly 270
(based on the Dodge 241) and the new A block poly 277.   The A block was the
be Plymouth's engine, but as things turned out, it became a corporate block
along with the wedge B and RB blocks.

As for the engine in the 1955 or 1956 Plymouth, what is the engine number?
It is stamped on the front of the left cylinder bank, just below the head.
>From that you can determine just what you have.

The Dodge block can be converted to either poly or hemi, but the Plymouth/A
block came only as a poly and there are no hemi heads that will fit.

Bill
Vancouver, BC


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill K." <pontiac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 6:51 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Engine size for 1955 Belvedere


> I believe the Dodge hemi/poly and Plymouth poly in this series are all
> basically the same block, from the 241 up through the 318 and Dodge
> 325/326 -
>
>
> My friend has this oddball mud truck he picked up that has a huge frame,
> military axles and tires, a '72 Ford cab, a '70's GM bed, and the engine
is
> a Hemi. We looked up the block number and it comes back to either '55 or
'56
> Plymouth; the heads apparently are Dodge (valve covers are plain).  It
runs
> pretty good, too.
>
> It does lead to the question of how much the Plymouth blocks could be
bored
> out, too, I wouldn't be surprised to find out this was bored but the only
> way to know would be to tear it down.
>
>
>
> Bill K.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Fury Jim" <JRawa@xxxxxxx>
> To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 9:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Engine size for 1955 Belvedere
>
>
> > yep, the 277 definitely is a 56 all models, and 57 plaza only motor,
> there
> > was also the dodge series poly 270, which i have in a 56 savoy, and
think
> > some late 55's also had thrown in down in moparland.  the 277 valve
cover
> looks
> > like that of the 301/303/318/326
> >

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