Hello all, I'm new to this so if I'm doing anything wrong please let me know. I have the to purchase a Chrysler Industrial 230 Engine out of a combine. Can I put it in My '49 Plym in place of the 218? If so, is it just an easy swap or is there a lot of other things that need to be done? Thanks, Kutty
I'm new to this so if I'm doing anything wrong please let me know. I have the to purchase a Chrysler Industrial 230 Engine out of a combine. Can I put it in My '49 Plym in place of the 218? If so, is it just an easy swap or is there a lot of other things that need to be done? Thanks, Kutty
welcome to the board .... 1st this is the intro section ( read the sticky ) 2nd, if you post this question in the main board, im sure you ll have some answers .. 3rd , just need to post once ... once again, welcome =)
Welcome...a combine engine in a '49 Plymouth? I'll have to Google that combine engine and see what the interest is (got a '49 Dodge). Interesting idea though. After a quick search, I found your on to something! Over at: http://olskoolrodz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=40495 there's a write up of this. May have to keep an eye out myself, keep us posted but move your progress to the main board and out of the introduction section.
Not a swap motor for motor, there will be some fabrication. Block is longer, you will have to swap motor mounts and move radiator to start
Yep..not a straight 'remove one and replace it with the other' job but not a complicated or difficult swap either. Ma Mopar even did this "swap", right at the factory even, on Canadian-built Plymouths of that era, all of which - unlike their otherwise mechanically identical U.S-built cousins - used the slightly longer Desoto-Dodge-Chrysler Industrial' block. Mart3406 =============
Yeah Marty, I knew that. Is fairly easy. But if you find a 230, it drops right in. The Chrysler/desoto is 2.5 inches longer for more work. Drop a hot cam in a 230, split mani, dual carbs, shave the head .70 and you got a hot motor for nothing. You can also bore it out if you want... Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
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