Re: 1962 dodge 361 engine questions
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there was a 305hp 361, and the 343hp 383 but i don't know of a 310hp 361. there were some long ram 361's but i think that was 1960. What was the 343hp 383? I thought they topped out at 335.
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Re: 1962 dodge 361 engine questions
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there was a 305hp 361, and the 343hp 383 but i don't know of a 310hp 361. there were some long ram 361's but i think that was 1960. What was the 343hp 383? I thought they topped out at 335. It was a dual inline quad arrangement IIRC. I don't recall the application.
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Re: 1962 dodge 361 engine questions
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there was a 305hp 361, and the 343hp 383 but i don't know of a 310hp 361. there were some long ram 361's but i think that was 1960. What was the 343hp 383? I thought they topped out at 335. dual quad 383. there is debate about them actually being made but they were run in nhra stock classes.
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Re: 1962 dodge 361 engine questions
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The 2X4 361 might be in the NHRA Stock guide. I seem to recall someone building one a few years ago.
There is at least 1 2X4 383 running. Pretty sure it is a wagon.
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Re: 1962 dodge 361 engine questions
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I just looked on nhra class racer info and there is no 2x4 361 listed for 1962 dodge , chrysler or plymouth 1960 only for both Plymouth and Dodge. NHRA Classification only goes back to 1960, I know we had 350 2 x 4 in the late 50’s.
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Re: 1962 dodge 361 engine questions
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II remember seeing two 1962 Dodge station wagon (Don Studley and his engien guru partner Al Etter) and Plymouth 2 door hardtop (CRS his Name now: blush:) with inline dual quads on 383 motors raced in NHRA Division t at many of the SO CA tracks like Ornge County, Irwindale, Long Beach and Riverside raceways in the early 1970s. I got to talk to both of those racers and they told me the same story on that combination never being made by Dodge or Plymouth. They both said that an engineering chemical employee of the Ethanol Corp. based in SO CA had taken the liberty to take a 1962 383 as a test mule and used the intake and carbs off of a earlier model to test on their dyno and in a car for knock resistance testing I can't sya it is exact truth or not as I never got to talk to that engineer
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Re: 1962 dodge 361 engine questions
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there was a 305hp 361, and the 343hp 383 but i don't know of a 310hp 361. there were some long ram 361's but i think that was 1960. What was the 343hp 383? I thought they topped out at 335. dual quad 383. there is debate about them actually being made but they were run in nhra stock classes. I have in my formerly nicotine stained fingers an actual NHRA Stock Car Classification Guide. The updated 1962 Dodge sheet is dated 1969. Engine horsepowers listed are; 145 230 260 305 343 385 394 410 420 The guide doesn't list cubic inches or carburetion. Plymouth engine horsepowers for 1962 are listed as; 145 230 260 305 343 410 420
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Re: 1962 dodge 361 engine questions
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there was a 305hp 361, and the 343hp 383 but i don't know of a 310hp 361. there were some long ram 361's but i think that was 1960. What was the 343hp 383? I thought they topped out at 335. dual quad 383. there is debate about them actually being made but they were run in nhra stock classes. I have in my formerly nicotine stained fingers an actual NHRA Stock Car Classification Guide. The updated 1962 Dodge sheet is dated 1969. Engine horsepowers listed are; 145 230 260 305 343 385 394 410 420 The guide doesn't list cubic inches or carburetion. Plymouth engine horsepowers for 1962 are listed as; 145 230 260 305 343 410 420 pretty sure the dodge 385 is the in-line dual quad 413. have no idea what the 394 is.
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Re: 1962 dodge 361 engine questions
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There is a couple of '62 383 dual 4 cars running in Division 5. ALSO, there is an NHRA classification for a 62 inline dual 4's 413 of which there is only a couple in the country, with another being built right now. These combos may not have been available from the factory but are still listed in the NHRA class.
A good local example of this is Rich Charbonneau's 67 Fairlane wagon with a 427. Never made, but in the NRHA rules. He had to carry around a letter from NHRA saying he was legal, and he did quite well.
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Re: 1962 dodge 361 engine questions
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I have in my formerly nicotine stained fingers an actual NHRA Stock Car Classification Guide. The updated 1962 Dodge sheet is dated 1969. Engine horsepowers listed are; 145 230 260 305 343 385 394 410 420 The guide doesn't list cubic inches or carburetion. Plymouth engine horsepowers for 1962 are listed as; 145 230 260 305 343 410 420 pretty sure the dodge 385 is the in-line dual quad 413. have no idea what the 394 is. The classification guide has an asterix (*) over the 394 that leads to a note saying to use the 385 horsepower factors for cars in Super Stock classes. That means the 394 was the same as the 385 except for something that the SS rules didn't cover. Something like a camshaft difference or maybe a different or modified intake manifold.
July 19th should be "Drive Like Rockford Day". R.I.P. Jimmie.
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