Re: just picked up christine car..
More infor on 57 plymouths the plaza and the savoy models v8s all were 272s the belvederes came with 301s the fury came with the 350 witch later became the 361 the 350and the 361 look the same as the 383 the 272 and the 301 looked the same as the 318 also 57 was the frist year for the 3 speed torquflite they also came with a 2 speed powerflite
mine was a belvedere and had the 301 with the torquflite
it was given to me because it had a rod knock
I picked up a 413 out of a 1960 imperial
I used motor mounts from a 1959 Dodge that came with a 361
the frame from the 57 plymouth and the 59 dodge were the same so the mount worked great I got dule exhast from a 59 dodge 383 every thing bloted right up with out no problems
the beast was fast in the day but the stock factory brakes could just not handle 100 mph+ stops
Still had a lot of fun with it as this was my first car and it did put a lot of muscel cars back in 68 to shame man the looks I got when I blew off a 383 road runners was pricless
Today the only thing I would change would be the brakes then you would have a good runner
love to build one today the same way that 413 was a good motor and a great match for a clean 57 plymouth and will fit right in with out much of a hassle
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