Chrysler firepower

[Arjen]

Ok Thx!!!!makes a lot of sense!

 

[Maniacmechanic1]

.841- .842 Chevy & Pontiac.

Have not seen one 1st hand yet in person 1966-67 Torando 425 is .927.

 

[Grumpy]

yeah your correct brian. I don,t know why I got that dimension wrong

 

[Arjen]

Can anyone advise me where I can best send these carbs to? I need them fully rebuilt ( and better as new)

 

[Maniacmechanic1]

Can anyone advise me where I can best send these carbs to? I need them fully rebuilt ( and better as new) View attachment 10988 View attachment 10988 View attachment 10989

I can rebuild them.
I don't advertise doing carburator rebuilds.
Problem is Replating them.
It was a Cadium Zinc Diachromate cold Anode style chemical plating process original used.
To duplicate exact as new the plating is not so easy.
Never seen it exact as GM Had original or others.
Gold Sheen.
Some were Greenish Tint.
Others Silver.

Richard knows all about plating metals.

I know for a long time the process was outlawed by the EPA here.

 

[Maniacmechanic1]

Often the original finish can be saved.
Carefull cleaning.
Lots of scrubbing with a Horse Hair paint brush.
Can take all day....stay on it.

I know Richard did some neat stuff on his kitchen stove & chemical brews.

 

[Arjen]

So how does it work?
Can you buy rebuilt kits?
I can't wait forever for them .

 

[Maniacmechanic1]

So how does it work?
Can you buy rebuilt kits?
I can't wait forever for them .

Kits should be available.
Old car websites.
Need the Carb Tag numbers or something to work with.
Kits may be pricey.
Especially this Rare French made car with Chrysler Firepower Hemi.

 

[Arjen]

I would need the same carbs back.
As they are of a very original car.
( and value of several 100 NDS €s)

 

[Arjen]

How do you test them?

 

[Maniacmechanic1]

I would need the same carbs back.
As they are of a very original car.
( and value of de veren 100 NDS €s)

I don't know off hand any Big Name shops you can trust.
Just a Little guy mechanic that hangs out on Grumpys.

Some Pontic Q-jet are worth $5k - 10K.
I have one of each.

I know RARE Likewise.
Seldom want to post my Rare Parts.

 

[Arjen]

Ok. But where do I send them to?

 

[Maniacmechanic1]

Ok. But where do I send them to?

You want me to ?
Need to talk more yet.
Make sure insured both ways.
$10k at least.

 

[Maniacmechanic1]

Blowing up the photos it appears much of the original finish can be saved.
A Labor of Love Cleaning and Restoring.

 

[Arjen]

Are they worth that much?

 

[Arjen]

They have suffered fire damage

 

[Maniacmechanic1]

Are they worth that much?

Maybe.
Not sure.
Early Chrysler Hemi are Rare Here in Illinois.
I am 100 miles South of Chicago on my 5 acre farm.

Even seeing a Chrysler Firepower Hemi online is a Rare sight.

1st one I have seen on Grumpys place so far.

 

[Arjen]

The tags are still on them. But I am in a restaurant at the moment. So Monday first w9rk

 

[Maniacmechanic1]

The tags are still on them. But I am in a restaurant at the moment. So Monday first w9rk

OK.
PM message Tag number or you can post.

I ADVISE NOT TO POST TAGS.
THE NUMBERS ARE OK.

THE DATE CODES COUNTERFITTERS ARE AFTER WANT.
ONCE POSTED ONLINE UP FOR GRABS.
CAN NOT COUNTERFIT WITHOUT DATE CODES.

Why I advised Richard with his Recent Pontiac SD455 Trans Am project he picked up to be careful !

 

[Grumpy]

the problem with finding parts for a 392 hemi, is that chrysler only installed those engines in a limited number of larger/heavier later 1957-1959 or so, performance cars.
unlike the SBC which was available in millions of cars from 1955-1991
or the BBC from roughly 1965-1995
The 392 raised-deck engine released in 1957 had a 4.00 in (101.6 mm) bore and 3.906 in (99.21 mm) stroke. The deck height, at 10.87 in (276.1 mm), was 1⁄2 in (13 mm) taller than that of the previous blocks. Because its deck was taller, the heads were cast with wider intake ports so that earlier manifolds could be used with the new heads on the new taller block. For 1958, Chrysler offered the 392 in two configurations: 325 bhp (242 kW) with 9.25:1 compression and 345 bhp (257 kW) with 10:1 compression, both with a single four-barrel carburetor. A dual four-barrel version of the 392 available in the 1957-58 Chrysler 300C & 300D cars was rated at 375 bhp (280 kW); the 300D, and some marine and industrial engines, used a (now rare) adjustable rocker.[5] An extremely rare option available on the 1958 300D was Bendix "Electrojector" fuel injection, with which the 392 was rated at 390 bhp (291 kW). Due to reliability problems with the primitive onboard computer which controlled the injection system, however, 15 of the 16 300D cars built with the fuel injection option were recalled and retrofitted with carburetors.[6]

The 392 engine was used in the following applications:

• 1957–1958 Chrysler New Yorker
• 1957–1958 Imperial Custom, Crown, and LeBaron[a]
• 1957 Chrysler 300C
• 1958 Chrysler 300D

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, drag racers found the 392 to be a formidable engine and continued to run them competitively into the 1970s. Usual color of the block was silver.[7]

http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...ilding-the-early-hemi-my-favorite-engine.491/