Baby Hemi for Pace Coupe?

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I have a chance at a '55 Dodge 270 Hemi 4bbl. Yes, its not a 354 or 392, but I think would still have some Wow factor. Any thoughts, and no , I'm not going to put any flathead boat anchors in it! :-)

Jay

rambos_ride

jsrail wrote:

I have a chance at a '55 Dodge 270 Hemi 4bbl. Yes, its not a 354 or 392, but I think would still have some Wow factor. Any thoughts, and no , I'm not going to put any flathead boat anchors in it! :-)

Jay

D553-1001 1955 270 183 hp
D553-1001 1955 270 193 hp (w/Power Pak)

Anything period correct is going to be cool in a hot-rod - Is that going to be enough HP for you?

Maybe a supercharger or turbo would get that up a bit?

mrsbojigger

Sounds cool Dude!
Peace,
Chaz

Browniepetersen

Not that is is germain to this discussion, but I remember 1/4 mile racing with those early small block Hemi's in the late 50's and early 60's. We did ok in the 1/4 mile west of Salt Lake.....

7XPacemaker

Not to mention- the Desoto Hemi has a smaller footprint than a Dodge Hemi....

[Deleted User]

Jay,



Technically, a Hudson is kind of a Mopar by association: Hudson/Nash merger becomes AMC, Mopar buys AMC/Jeep. LOL! I say go for it. Those Hemis look soooo cool!

Unknown

You might be able to get around the remote oil filter by using a 90 degree oil filter adapter, used on some Dodge vans. I think I have one some where.



FWIW, back in the day I had a '53 Hornet coupe that I was putting a Desoto Hemi in. The longer wheelbase allowed the engine to go back far enough to clear the steering, and the mounts were easy to fabricate. I had it all worked out and started doing bodywork (making it into a convertible, since the roof was smashed) when my dad decided that it, my '53 Hornet 4dr parts car, and my '50 Pacemaker coupe made the yard look "crowded". I felt like Arnie from Christine when he hauled all of them to the crusher. I was only 18 at the time, and couldn't argue with him about it. I still miss those cars, but I kept the Hemi!

Unknown

One more thing, the only Hemi to have the extended bellhousing to my knowledge was the Chrysler, when the Dodge came out in '53 and Desoto came out in '52 they didn't have the extension on the rear like the Chrysler does. At least that's the way it's been for all the one's I've seen. The extension was only there for Chrysler's Fluid Drive. FWIW, I still have a flatback Fluid Drive Hemi V8 bellhousing that came off of a '52 Desoto.

Unknown

Hudson308 wrote:

Yep, the '51-53 Chrysler hemis were the only ones to have that extended block at the rear. The Desoto hemis ('52-'57) and Dodge hemis ('53-'57) never used it.

Thought so.

RL Chilton

Go for it Jay! Those little Hemi's are pretty cool engines and if you're looking for power, you can pretty easily get more than the 193 or so stock figures.

Somebody said in an earlier post, that anything vintage goes well in vintage, or along those lines. I couldn't agree more. Now if you said you were thinking about putting in a Chevy 350 . . . . well, we might have to have a serious talk, or attitude adjustment, or Something.:D

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Well, I made an offer but haven't heard back yet. Remember, I have a Fatman stub and rack and pinion going in so I think some of the issues will be mute. But, I don't want to count my chickens before they hatch!lol