Re: [FWDLK] hemi motor

[Dirt Rider <drt-rdr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

One of my friends just built a 392 hemi, stroked it and bored it, added 60
Cubes, then threw dualquads and a blower on top. I bet that'll make your 57
go. Of course, he stuck his in a mopar Muscle, 70 Roadrunner
----- Original Message -----
From: karl peterson <nitekatt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 8:25 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] hemi motor


> >From: Robert Hanekamp <bobsmopar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> >>HI list.
> >In our paper today there is 392 hemi motor for sale.
> >And i am wondering if it would fit in my 57 plymouth belvedere
> >I have 301 with 2 speed push button transmission right now in the car.
> >Bob Hanekamp.
>
>
> There are reports that Chrysler Corp made a couple "Hemi-Commandos" in
'57,
> which were fitted with the 392 hemi.  And there used to be a 57 Plymouth
> drag car when I lived in the So Cal area back in the 60's which ran a 392
> hemi.  It definitely kept up with the traffic :)
>
> So, yes....it will fit, but you will need to beef up the front suspension
> considerably, as the old cast iron 392 brute will add 2 or 3 hundred more
> pounds than your 301 or the 318 many '57s came with.
>
> Karl
> <61 300G>
> <64 Fury>
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