What ever happened to this boat? If it was in fact a 375 Chrysler engine, it would have been a 440 6 Pack... Being an avid Mopar guy, my curiosity is peaked. Could it have been a V-Drive boat?
What ever happened to this boat? If it was in fact a 375 Chrysler engine, it would have been a 440 6 Pack... Being an avid Mopar guy, my curiosity is peaked. Could it have been a V-Drive boat?
murfman maybe you would know is the rear end of the 440 the same as 318, 340 360 motors? I think the BB chevy 454 and the 350 are so you could mate them to a volvo . I know they mated a 351 clevland to a volvo ford guys consider that a big block but i think it is not the same as their FE big blocks the 390 427
I have some mopar marine literature some where I will see if i can dig it up they called the small blocks super bees mated to a volvo with a chrysler badge but in the late 70s chrysler came up with their own I/O there was a late 70s yellow 16 with one.
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murfman more info maybe you can decipher the serial number they have for the chrysler 375 on the build record is E136263 mated to a volvo 270 B drive is it possibly a typo and the motor was a 275 hp not a 375
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The Mopar "B" series engines (350,361,383,400) and "RB" series(383,413,426,440) used a different bellhousing pattern than the "A" series engines(273,318,340,360). so it would not be a bolt in swap. It would have been possible to use a Borg Warner Bellhousing for the B/RB engine with a B/W to Volvo PDS housing like Holman Moody made, but I don't think that would have been likely.
I am familiar with the Super Bee Small blocks, I have twin SuperBees in my 72 Magnum Sedan.
And the 440S (375 HP)
Chrysler never offered a 275HP small block the 318 was 225 HP the 340 was 250HP and the 4 BBL 440 was 330HP
some of the donzi stuff I have list a 275 and a 335 chrysler late 60 early 70s the 335 was a v drive
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the card with the late substitution on it
shows the original color of boat almond and white and that it was built on 188th
murfman the 5 page dealer brochure I have has the purple color pic you posted on the front then lists the available motors some come with the volvo and some come with their 90 degree I/O do you have that ? if not I can scan it for you so you have it for your collection
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there was a 360 sb marine version that was 275, not real popular though as I think '73 only (and they were externally balanced flywheels, 340 was internally balanced), the 340 was underated at 275 in a car for 68-71, and very underated at 250 for marine, only due to the lower rpm rating numbers, but they were screamers, I had a 340 new in 1970 in a Duster
the 440 marine came in 3 versions, 290-300-330 or so in single 4bbl, 375 in tri-power, depending on what year, my 28 Cary had the 440-300's from new in '73 since they were lower compression than the 66-71 versions.... 440-6 in a car was underated at 390, 440 car was also avail in 350hp 4bbl single exhaust, 440-375 dual exhaust, my family had EVERY 413-440 car version from 65-71 in several different cars, we were diehard MOPAR owners.... all of my dad's Co. trucks were Dodges from 65-81
Lord only knows how many 318-225 marine engines were produced, they were EVERYWHERE
The E136263 is definately a 1972 Chrysler Marine S/N but no clue to what HP it was
The only 275 HP Chrysler marine engine I am aware of is the very late 360s in the mid 80s when they went to the center rise exhaust manifolds. If there was one in 1972 it mos likely would have been a 383 based "B" engine so that too would have most likely been a V drive application.
Has there ever been any Donzi's known to be built with the 525 HP Hemi?
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here is the dealer brochure looks like this was printed in august of 1970 for the 71 model year looks like they have a drawing of a magnum sedan
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