1962 Dodge AT4

This is great, I am learning stuff that might save me asking the same question a little down the track!! Thank you all.

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Please explain what a "300CU Magnum 6" never heard of one and just did a quick Google with no luck

Paul

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Paul, I can't find reference to them anywhere at the moment, but back in the day when I was playing copper, NSW had a few Chargers built to Police Spec which had what was known at the time as the 300 Magnum 6 engines. I distinctly remember seeing 300 cast into the blocks on the right hand side at the front, down near the bottom of the block. Other than that, they looked just like a 265. I remember the different drivers fighting to get the keys for them each shift.
Steve.

Does this sound about right? The second site mentions the 4brl Holley .

www.carsguide.com.au/oversteer/code-k10-...aliant-charger-69415


www.australianmusclecarsales.com.au/sold...t-charger-k10-244179

Here is a list of every Chrysler 6 they ever made. There are many, many different versions of these engines but this is all the base engines that went to market.

Looks like the word "Magnum" mentioned above for a Valiant engine is incorrect and the Magnum engine was the V-6 version of the 318 V8 (like more modern GM Vortec V6 and V8). It would also seem that Chrysler never produced a 300 cu in 6.

Chrysler

*Chrysler Flathead 6 (1924-1959)

*Slant-6 - (G and RG family) An overhead valve inline-6 inclined at a 30-degree angle. Produced in 170 cu in (2,785.8 cc), 198 cu in (3,244.6 cc), and 225 cu in (3,687.1 cc) variants. (1959-2000)

*Hemi-6 - (D family) An overhead valve inline-6 produced only in Australia, in 215 cu in (3,523.2 cc), 245 cu in (4,014.8 cc), and 265 cu in (4,342.6 cc) variants. (1970-1981)

*Chrysler 239 V6 engine (1987-1991) 3.3 & 3.8 OHV - Pushrod V6 engines. (1989-2011)

*3.9 L Magnum V6 - a V6 variant of the 318 cu in LA V8. (1992-2003)SOHC V6 - 210 cu in (3,400 cc), 200 cu in (3,300 cc), and 240 cu in (3,900 cc) SOHC variants of the 3.3 design. (1993-2010)

*LH DOHC - A 2.7 L (160 cu in) DOHC V6 for use in the LH cars, derived from the 3.5 design. (1998-2010)

*PowerTech - 3.7 L (230 cu in) V6 used in trucks starting in 2002. (2002-2013)

*Chrysler Pentastar engine - Replacement for all previous OHV and SOHC V6 engines; 3.6 L (220 cu in) version first used in the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee. (2010-Present)

Chrysler inherited I6 engines from American Motors Corporation (AMC) when it bought out the automaker in 1987:

AMC straight-6 258 - A modern era straight-6 designed by AMC and first introduced in 1964 in the Rambler Typhoon. The 258 cu in (4,227.9 cc) version was produced from 1971 to 1990. After Chrysler's acquisition of AMC in 1987, Chrysler continued to build and use the engine in the AMC Eagles and in the Jeep Wrangler (1987–1990).

AMC straight-6 4.0 L - The EFI 4.0 L (242 cu in; 3956 cc) engine was an evolution of AMC's 258 and appeared in 1987. After American Motors was bought out, Chrysler continued to build this engine for numerous Jeep models until 2006. This durable engine powered the Jeep Wagoneer (through 1990), Jeep Comanche pick-up truck (through 1992), Jeep Cherokee (XJ) (through 2001), Jeep Grand Cherokee (1993–2004), and the Jeep Wrangler (1991–2006).

I am aware of K cars that were the Police specials, the later CL and CM versions I believe had a hotted up 318

I really don't know very much about Hemi motors in Australia

The 245 is apparently a better block than the 265, thicker bore thickness and the first 2 years of 6 cylinder Hemi blocks are the strongest blocks with the thickest walls etc for hotting up

This is all hear say and I have no personal experience in this

Paul

Thanks Lang, I went through that list as well,............after making what obviously turned out to be a statement from a mis-guided memory.

Steve.

I dont know tilting the valves about 5deg makes anything a hemi.......anyhoo,I really liked the Dodges with the 245 in them.....probably because there were so many sold by Telecom in like new condition......there is one just down the road .....as new when they bought it ,even had a new tarp on it .....flaming row between father and son.....and the truck has sat under a tree for at least 15 years without moving......nice David Brown Selectmatic tractor as well never turned a wheel in 15 years......the old bloke is mega rich ......he owns acreage blocks all around the southside .....must be 100.