Got a Hemi today...What the Hell is it?

54-58 2 bl intakes would be truck & ind engines.

 

Correct. I was thinking/working from the p*** car angle.


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That's a problem with hemis, isn't it!

 

1959 Truck also.
V/8

 

Thanks for the ****** shot.................

 

Is my 2bbl intake of any value? I figured it was a boat anchor.

P.S. The chihuahua is named ChiChi. She's thirteen years old, loves riding in old cars, and does bite on occasion. She's a good shop dog.

 

You'd be lucky to get over 25$ for it.

 

Maybe I'll try to take this engine apart this weekend after four years. This and a 283 I got a few weeks ago that's also stuck like Chuck. Will take a lot of beer...

 

T R Waters here is/was cutting up the 2 bl intakes and making 4 bl ones out of them, might want to check with him.

 

I'm trying to reel in a 53 331. Wish it was the a 54, but oh well. And you've ruined side ****age, by the way.

 

Make sure that you get the bottom half of the bell.

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Yikes! A Hemi and side flesh. what a teaser...

 

I was just re-reading this and I'm still on the fence what year this engine is. I was thinking '53 since it is a short bellhousing, but last night my buddy said no way, gotta be a '56 or later.

 

Mike who owns this has a four barrel intake. He may part with it. He is in love with this one.
His is hitting 6200 in the 1/4 with 3.55 tail and 28 in tall tires. Was a very inexpensive engine to build and works perfectly.

 

probably would run the best with a 4 bbl, but how cool would 6 strombergs be?

 

In '54 the NYer was supposed to get the 2 bl engine, the NYer Deluxe and Imperial was to get the 4 bl engine. '54 2 bls seem to be scarce.

 

I hate this new format. Been here 8 years and now I can't figure out how to send a P.M. I am interested in the 4 bbl intake.

 

How different are the Desoto 330 hemi's from the Chrysler 331? I have a 56 model in storage.

 

all by itself, baby hemi!

 

Depends on what you mean by different. DeSotos are simular to the Dodge & Chr, but are inbetween the two in block size, with little interchanging. A Desoto would be easier to fit in a car than the Chr. Vintage parts such as 4 bl & multi carb intakes are rare vs Chr.

 

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As noted, both are excellent engines but very little interchanges. With similar displacement the DeSoto is about 50lbs lighter and physically about 10% smaller.
About ½ of the 330 had a 4-bbl and all of the 341 had them so manifolds are available. My biggest issue with the 330 (only) is that we have had many with damaged cam lobes.
You don't say what engine your 56 is (both were available in 56). The 56 331 Spitfire is a great package and, again, about ½ had a 4bbl. The 55-58 Hemi intake does interchange. IMHO the Spitfire is undervalued by the hot-rod crowd.

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Nice score Richard, welcome to the "club".

 

If you are referring to the "Rusty old lump that has been sitting for five years, and will probably be at least five more before I can afford to rebuild it" club, I'm glad to be here!

 

Soooooo....what was the name and brand of the PTO that these hemis powered? I have a few connections in the oil patch and I'd like to go looking for one...

 

Mine is a 56 330 2 bbl. I'm missing the starter, flywheel and the harmonic balancer is bad.

 

Yea, thats the one alright...

 

I worked for a bridge construction company that had several water pumps with the Chrysler Industrial hemi engines. We worked below the surface of the water inside of a "sheeting" steel wall that was driven into the river bed with a pile driver . It leaked like hell and lives depended on those pumps and engines. That was over 50 years ago so about the only thing I remember is in the morning and at noon they would kill one engine which caused the backup engine to automatically start up.

 

Mine powered a rice field pump. Had a natural gas carburetor.