Rebuilding an OLD engine,1954 red ram 270 V8
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I go this ol 54 wide block V8 tore down this weekend, Its in amazing shape except for the cam. I can no fond a cam anywhere to save my AZZ. I googled 270 red ram Camshaft, Ive tried looking up old 54 DODGE specs, I cant find anything. The cam is too far gone to be saved by a re grind, and it the only thing holding me up for my customer.
Im usually pretty good with the ol google machine, but this ones got me stumped.
ANY HELP is appreciated
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Re: Rebuilding an OLD engine,1954 red ram 270 V8
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If it's a Poly, wouldn't Gary Palpovich be able to help you? I was told he is the guy for poly parts.
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Re: Rebuilding an OLD engine,1954 red ram 270 V8
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I found this on the web, I believe this is the email I used to contact him years ago.
glpavlovich@cox.net
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Re: Rebuilding an OLD engine,1954 red ram 270 V8
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If you get hard up, shoot me a PM. I can pull the cam out of my old poly and send it to you if need be. I'm sure theres some other folks on here with polys in the backyard that you can get a cam from also.
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Re: Rebuilding an OLD engine,1954 red ram 270 V8
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Re: Rebuilding an OLD engine,1954 red ram 270 V8
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Man, I love those tiny Dodge Hemis! They're just the right size to slip between the rails of a '30s car. If I was a little closer I'd make him an offer on the engine. It'd move a 2000lb hot rod around "might smart". Whatever you do, don't scrap it or set it out in the weather.
This guy does camshafts for old engines: (If he's still alive and grinding)
Chris Neilson Cams (801) 451- 7745 Box 416 Farmington, UT 84025 New reproduction cams for early Mopar Hemi / Poly, & other engine parts, bearings, pistons, etc.
Gary Pavlovich is interested in the Plymouth Poly, mostly.
Chrysler, Desoto and Dodge each had their own design Hemi. Each family had a different bore spacing. The Plymouth Poly doesn't share bore spacing with any of them. So four different engine designs, no interchange of most any part. IIRC polys and Hemis from the same engine family shared intake manifolds. R.
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Re: Rebuilding an OLD engine,1954 red ram 270 V8
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I wouldn't use "wide block" to describe the engine, that's generally reserved for the Plymouth poly (pre "LA" wedge) "A" engine. The engine is quite wide across the exhausts and very heavy, only the bore pitch is small and unique at 4-3/16". The 270 can only use low-deck Dodge 241, 259 or 270 cams due to the lifter angle difference, but hemi and poly had the same angle. All DeSoto poly engines are actually Dodge. IIRC you also have to match the cam nose drive type, 1951-54? or 1955-58. Visually, the Chrysler 301, 331, 354 poly looks very much like the Red Ram except for 3-bolt valve covers (and considerably larger).
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