315 hemi core on craigslist

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So how do you determine what a "gen 1" hemi is when all three designs were different?

A 315 is a Dodge not a Chrysler. And that has Poly heads...moron.
 
Krooser said:
So how do you determine what a "gen 1" hemi is when all three designs were different?

A 315 is a Dodge not a Chrysler. And that has Poly heads...moron.
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Early HEMI engines could swap heads with the Poly’s.

Piston valve reliefs were a n different spots. The HEMI has opposed to each other and the Poly being off set.

THAT engine is a HEMI via the valve reliefs seen.
 
Hard to believe the Gen 1's were so small. I have a 241 Red Ram That's a tiny one. 140 horse. Not bad.

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toolmanmike said:
315's were Hemi's

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Yes they were....

Dodge had 241/270/315/325.

DeSoto had 276/291/330/341/345

Chrysler had 331/354/392/

Mix in the Plymouth engines that can fit an early Dodge head (277/301) and you have a hodge podge of numbers and engines.

This guy sez this mill came with poly heads. That's Ok. Over 60 years those pistons could have come from anywhere.

Poly engines are cool and underrated.

I was the local Hemi collector for about 10 years. The heads on my F100 build came from a '55 Chrysler I found in St. Louis. The block came from a rebuild shop down the street from the Buddy Holly PAC in Lubbock, TX. The crank was in an irrigation rig I found in Oklahoma.

I had 18 Dodge, DeSoto and Chrysler engines in my shop at one time. I still have a 291 head I use for a door stop if anyone needs one.
 
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The 277 and 301 Plymouth engines were “A” engines, they won’t work with any early Hemi head.
 
That's a great deal but I already have a 440, a 400, a 383, two 340's and a complete 360 in the corner of the garage collecting dust! I had a couple of those motors - had a 1958 Dodge 354 and a 1953/4 Dodge 270. Both had gotten some water in them before I got ahold of them and sold them both for $1,000. They were both set up.
 
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Yes they were....

Dodge had 241/270/315/325.

DeSoto had 276/291/330/341/345

Chrysler had 331/354/392/

Mix in the Plymouth engines that can fit an early Dodge head (277/301) and you have a hodge podge of numbers and engines.

This guy sez this mill came with poly heads. That's Ok. Over 60 years those pistons could have come from anywhere.

Poly engines are cool and underrated.

I was the local Hemi collector for about 10 years. The heads on my F100 build came from a '55 Chrysler I found in St. Louis. The block came from a rebuild shop down the street from the Buddy Holly PAC in Lubbock, TX. The crank was in an irrigation rig I found in Oklahoma.

I had 18 Dodge, DeSoto and Chrysler engines in my shop at one time. I still have a 291 head I use for a door stop if anyone needs one.
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THat one looks pretty serious.
 
toolmanmike said:
315's were Hemi's

315 hemi
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They made both, but his is a Polysphere engine. It says so right in his ad. He says "you can put Hemi Heads on it" and he's right, but you have to FIND those bad boys, first, because the Dodge, DeSoto and Chrysler heads were all different, so they'll be hard to find.

I have an almost ready to fire Chrysler 331 Firepower I'll sell for a price that you couldn't build one for.
 
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