Re: Mopars that never happened
[Re: Dart 500]
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11/07/23 11:33 AM
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Not a mopar car but engine. The 400 Ball Stud Hemi. I have mixed feelings. It was a neat motor. Basically big block chevy heads on a low deck mopar block. But what was the reason? I know it was to replace the BB wedge motors but why? For the hottest street brawls the 383 440 wedge was great. High velocity head ports. The BBC canted valve design is better for high RPM power than the inline valve wedge head but mopar had the Hemi for high RPM race engines. Was Mopar gonna REPLACE the hemi with this new canted valve headed motor? Was the Ball stud a replacement for the wedge AND the hemi? The Hemis valve train is cast, expensive and complex- the canted valve head had simple stamped steel rocker arms that were stud mounted. Very economical. I can see the advantage if the ball stud was a replacement for the hemi and the wedge. But it would have been a step down from the hemi head. Surely by 1971 it was apparent that Elephant 426 hemi head established it superiority in oval track and drag racing? I don't see the canted valve chevy type head dominating racing like the 426 hemi head/engine did.
Keep old mopars alive.
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Re: Mopars that never happened
[Re: theraif]
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11/07/23 03:48 PM
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i know they produced these, just wished it was offered in America Just got my wife a Durango R/T with the Tow'n'Go package, basically an SRT with the 5.7. If they built a 2-door version they'd sell millions of them...
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Re: Mopars that never happened
[Re: nuthinbutmopar]
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11/07/23 06:08 PM
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Posts: 20,010 Puttin' on the foil in Charles...
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i know they produced these, just wished it was offered in America Just got my wife a Durango R/T with the Tow'n'Go package, basically an SRT with the 5.7. If they built a 2-door version they'd sell millions of them... Manufacturers don't make money by not producing something they'd sell millions of.
Earning every penny of that moderator paycheck.
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Re: Mopars that never happened
[Re: not_a_charger]
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11/08/23 02:21 AM
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Posts: 4,808 Castlegar, BC, Canada
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The initial '62s designed by Exner.... the "S-Body" or "S-design" platform would have been full-size, and very attractive. There was even a proposed large, wrap-around back window 2+2 coupe which probably influenced the Barracuda a few years later. The Imperial was sharp and exquisite in comparison to the bulbous, finned, awkward '59 - '63s that we got. The "S" Imperial was very modern and forward looking.
Bloody Mary, Full of Vodka, Blessed art thou among cocktails....
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Re: Mopars that never happened
[Re: Dart 500]
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11/08/23 09:30 AM
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Posts: 4,880 Virginia
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1987 Plymouth Barracuda convertible Three antennas, no passenger headrest, and are they sitting on the windshield frame?
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Re: Mopars that never happened
[Re: BSharp]
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11/08/23 10:47 AM
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AI blows. 1987 Plymouth Barracuda convertible Three antennas, no passenger headrest, and are they sitting on the windshield frame?
STOP POTATO HATE!
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Re: Mopars that never happened
[Re: BSharp]
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11/08/23 11:31 AM
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Posts: 28,621 Shopping @ HoBo Fright
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Those kids also appear to have only one leg each. Nice boombox, though. Bet he was a charmer and got her to hop into bed with him.
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Re: Mopars that never happened
[Re: Dart 500]
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11/15/23 05:20 PM
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Posts: 6,024 Morningside
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waaaay out there in left field
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waaaay out there in left field
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1987 Plymouth Barracuda convertible That Barracuda, with optional 5.2L V8 Magnum after 1991, would have 220 hp (maybe more with a little better intake/exhaust) and could have been great competition for the Ford Mustang (5.0L at that time was 225hp). JS
76 Dodge Adventurer Sport Power Wagon W100 318, 727, NP203 Fulltime 4x4 Russet Red 06 Jeep Commander Ltd 4x4, 5.7L Hemi, QuadraDrive II 06 Chrysler 300C AWD 5.7L Hemi 10 Mopar 10 Challenger R/T, #483/500, 5.7L HEMI 10 Jeep Grand Cherokee Ltd 4x4 5.7L HEMI 11 Dodge Ram 1500 LoneStar Quad Cab, 5.7L HEMI, Fulltime 4x4, Deep Cherry Red 16 Jeep Cherokee Limited 3.2L Pentastar V6, 9 Speed Torqueflite, 4x4, Black
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