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Re: The Holy Grail of Hemi's.....The P5 Hemi!
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09/21/20 10:10 PM
09/21/20 10:10 PM
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Melbourne , Australia
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Whilst the Ritter block could probably be ordered with a blank deck and lifter valley, they are too tall a deck height for anyone to run them in Super Stock or Aussie Pro Stock, What deck height would you want for a Super Stock or Australian Pro Stock block? They are around 8.4" from memory, a friends Comp Engine, he went down in to the bell housing area and that was 8.375" or something like that. The deck was getting pretty thin down that low. I remember Bob Book telling me he'd go down to 8.2" on his 400" stuff if the block allowed.
Alan Jones
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Re: The Holy Grail of Hemi's.....The P5 Hemi!
[Re: TRENDZ]
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09/21/20 10:14 PM
09/21/20 10:14 PM
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Not all that long ago there were 4 cylinder blocks on clearance for use with p5 head. If I recall correctly, they were less than $1000. Almost bought one, but that is one more project that I don’t need. At the time you could still get the raw cast version of the p5 head. Crank forgings for the 4 cylinder were also available. I would think a billet crank would be more what you would want though.
Didn’t “blofish” use a 4 cylinder p5 for a land speed record? It may have been a p7 headed 4. Don’t recall for sure. It was a P5 headed 4 cylinder, I don't think Mopar ever offered a 4 cylinder block that took a P7 head. As for the head castings, Mopar hasn't done the P5 in some time, they did release a P9 casting for 4 cylinder engines.
Alan Jones
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Re: The Holy Grail of Hemi's.....The P5 Hemi!
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09/22/20 12:00 PM
09/22/20 12:00 PM
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Las Vegas
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There are a few P5 headed 4 bangers around. Most were used in Midgets and a couple in Comp, never was a competitive deal there. As for the P5 deck hieght yes they will usually be 8.5 and under, depends on the block as most are pretty thin in the deck, the cast MP stuff anyway. They share a few similarities with the 99/06 stuff but so does just about any pupose built race engine.
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