Ok last year I bought a 259 short block from a member on here that came with true forge 270 std bore domed pistons. Yesterday I went and bought a complete 241 with 270 heads that have already some port work done. The 241 was at a machine shop that had it set up in the show room with chrome valve cover and timing chain cover. Next week I'm dropping the 259 block off at the machine shop to be bored out to the 270 pistons. I also have an old 3x2 intake that my pops bought before he p***ed. This is all going into my dads 30 Model A Coupster that he built back in the early 2000's. He built it with a small block cheby but always planned to build the baby hemi for it. He never got to do it so I'm going to do it as a tribute to him. My mom will be able to enjoy it and someday it will be p***ed on to me.
Good on you. Hope it all goes easy for ya. You're not just creating a Hemi Fulfilling the family dream We all need more Hemi's
I'm not aware that 270 Hemi heads will fit a 259 Plymouth Poly or that the cam can be reground to work. Any thoughts
All of the 241, 259 and 270, Dodge and Plymouth, are the same basic package. Swap away....just don't try to bore a 241 to 259 or 270...
There is always some confusion when it comes the Ply vs Dodge vs Chrysler since they ended up with similar displacements in different engines. The 277 Plymouth was the first 'A' series engine in 1956 and the 270 Dodge was still in use. The 55 Chrysler 301 is often confused with the 'A' series Plymouth 301. It is odd that they didn't venture a bit farther a field with the numbers
Hey 73RR do you know if the cam lift and deration is different form 241 Hemi and 270 Hemi? I think they are different from Hemi to Poly. I know the front snout on 241's are all long and some 270's had short and long. I'm asking because I only have a 241 stock cam. The 270 cam I had from my old engine was a poly.
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