Steve wrote:
> Ed wrote:
>
>> "Chrysler had far more engine families than most people are aware of.
>> There is considerable confusion because some engines of different
>> families had the same or almost the same displacement, and
>> recognizable trade names (Hemi, in particular) have been applied to
>> several distinct engine families..."
>>
>> eBay Guide: http://301url.com/MoparV8
>>
>
>
> Its not all that complicated, especially after the switch to a single
> cor****ate line of engines with the introduction of the B/RB big blocks
> in '59, and the standardization on the A-block 318 (and its derivative
> LA block 273, 318, 340, and 360 as well as the 3.9v6) for the small
> engines. Throw in the slant-6 and 2.2/2.5 4-bangers and you have covered
> every Chrysler engine between 1959 and about 1988 when the 3.3 v6 was
> introduced. Nowhere near as twisted as the mess over at GM with 3
> unrelated 455s alone, not to mention a 454, 472, 500, and at least 3
> unrelated 350s.
>
I count four; Chevy, Buick, Olds and Pontiac.
Guess which one was the cheapest to make (and therefore most compromised
in design) and guess which one GM standardized on when they went to a
"cor****ate" engine program. What they *should* have done was
standardized on the Olds 350 for the "small block" and the Caddy 429/472
for the "big block" cor****ate engines (in my fantasy world, that is...)
nate
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