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Title: not charger related but roadrunner
Post by: 68 CHARGER R/T on December 16, 2008, 06:53:06 PM
well it's basically the third time i heard this in my life from another person,that they produced a 69 roadrunner with a 383 six pack which i don't ever recall hearing chrysler produced. these people told me they owned these cars back in the day.and they were all canadian cars.  :shruggy:
Title: Re: not charger related but roadrunner
Post by: tan top on December 16, 2008, 06:57:18 PM
nope not a 383 sixpack  from the factory   .....   although  a aftermarket  six pack inlet manifold has been out for a good few years now  for the B series motor .
Title: Re: not charger related but roadrunner
Post by: vancamp on December 16, 2008, 07:41:16 PM
thats kinda like the 440 hemis and hemi six packs they never made them but alot of people claim to have owned one.
Title: Re: not charger related but roadrunner
Post by: Rolling_Thunder on December 16, 2008, 08:23:14 PM
in 69.5 there was a 440 six pack option - never a production 383 six pack engine
Title: Re: not charger related but roadrunner
Post by: Ghoste on December 16, 2008, 08:52:27 PM
Not even here in Canada!  (in spite of the number of times I've been told the same thing too)
Title: Re: not charger related but roadrunner
Post by: rt green on December 16, 2008, 09:27:13 PM
sounds like the blonde brunette that had red hair you always hear about.
Title: Re: not charger related but roadrunner
Post by: WingCharger on December 17, 2008, 04:34:24 PM
Sounds like the Canadian Hemi 318's I have heard of. :rotz:
Title: Re: not charger related but roadrunner
Post by: Ghoste on December 17, 2008, 06:22:55 PM
That one may be based in partial fact but you could get them in the US as well.  I'm thinking that one is derived from the 318 Polysphere V-8's that preceded tha LA engines.
Title: Re: not charger related but roadrunner
Post by: WingCharger on December 17, 2008, 06:24:20 PM
Quote from: Ghoste on December 17, 2008, 06:22:55 PM
That one may be based in partial fact but you could get them in the US as well.  I'm thinking that one is derived from the 318 Polysphere V-8's that preceded tha LA engines.

Yeah, people may think Poly is incorrect for HEMI. The poly's were inefficient and heavy. Good thing the wedge heads came along. ;)
Title: Re: not charger related but roadrunner
Post by: Ghoste on December 17, 2008, 06:27:58 PM
It was meant to be a cheap alternative to the Hemi allowing some of the combustion chamber benefits of the Hemi and the manufacturing cost benefits of the wedge.  I wouldn't dismiss it so offhand, I don't think it was ever given a chance (and the development dollars) to really prove itself.  One of those what if stories.
Title: Re: not charger related but roadrunner
Post by: tan top on December 17, 2008, 06:45:16 PM
Quote from: Ghoste on December 17, 2008, 06:27:58 PM
It was meant to be a cheap alternative to the Hemi allowing some of the combustion chamber benefits of the Hemi and the manufacturing cost benefits of the wedge.  I wouldn't dismiss it so offhand, I don't think it was ever given a chance (and the development dollars) to really prove itself.  One of those what if stories.

never  knew this ..intresting info   ..always thought a polly 318 .  as just a old style 318  :shruggy::scratchchin:  have to do a search & have a good read up  :yesnod: