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- bigfur July 2005
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- jsrail August 2007
- Oldcar_Mechanic April 2007
- pontiac59 August 2007
- Steve E. February 2008
Red ram engine
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Hi, I just bought a 1956 dodge custom royal and when I was cleaning the engine I unearthed a sticker on the valve cover saying super red ram and was wondering what that means. How do I figure out what type of engine and what size it is? any help would be greatly appreciated thanks in advance...Jim
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In 56 Dodge had the "Red Ram" V-8 engine, 270 cubes, 7.6:1 compression ratio, 189 brake horsepower, 2 bbl carb.
"Super Red Ram" 315 cubes, 8.0:1 compression ratio, 218 brake horsepower, 2 bbl carb.
"Super Red Ram" 315 cubes, 8.0:1 compression ratio, 230 brake horsepower, 4 bbl carb -
I just bought a 55 Coronet and found this site helpfull
www.oldcarmanual.com
Look in the brochure section and scroll down to your year and it should be in there. Hope this helps -
Jimalberta wrote:Hi, I just bought a 1956 dodge custom royal and when I was cleaning the engine I unearthed a sticker on the valve cover saying super red ram and was wondering what that means. How do I figure out what type of engine and what size it is? any help would be greatly appreciated thanks in advance...Jim
Jim,
I know this is an old thread, but I have a client who wants to sell a 1956 Dodge Lancer Custom Royal w/ the 2bbl carb Super Red Ram engine. Her Aunt bought it brand new and my client used it in her wedding, ending up with the car for many years. It has been started in 8 years. Her husband wanted to restore it for their 50 wedding anniversary, but died on cancer in 2006. The stainless is in great shape, the only rot I can see is a small amount in the outer door sill rockers, which may be due to her son sanding down the area, but never primering it (he was going to restore it years ago). It needs paint (the body is in good shape, just oxided paint and some light surface rust). It has always been an Arizona car except the 1st year owned which was in California.
Any ideas on how rare (or not rare) this car is, what would be a fair asking price (I wish I could buy it), parts availability, etc.
Any help from anybody would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.....Jay -
The best way to sell something is to let people see what it looks like. Descriptions will never do the car any justice.
If you have any photos of the car feel free to post them here, or feel free to send them to me and I would be happy to post them for you. Also a price range that they would like to get for the car.
Thanks
Ron -
Hi Jay,
My name is Thomas and I have come across your page. I am interested in purchasing a 1956 Dodge Custom Royal Lancer. Once you have established the selling price you might want to get us some pics and forward the same to me. My e-mail = thomas@scargo.co.za
Many thanks for your trouble and have a super weekend.
HotRod-Tom
jsrail wrote:Jim,
I know this is an old thread, but I have a client who wants to sell a 1956 Dodge Lancer Custom Royal w/ the 2bbl carb Super Red Ram engine. Her Aunt bought it brand new and my client used it in her wedding, ending up with the car for many years. It has been started in 8 years. Her husband wanted to restore it for their 50 wedding anniversary, but died on cancer in 2006. The stainless is in great shape, the only rot I can see is a small amount in the outer door sill rockers, which may be due to her son sanding down the area, but never primering it (he was going to restore it years ago). It needs paint (the body is in good shape, just oxided paint and some light surface rust). It has always been an Arizona car except the 1st year owned which was in California.
Any ideas on how rare (or not rare) this car is, what would be a fair asking price (I wish I could buy it), parts availability, etc.
Any help from anybody would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.....Jay -
Sorry Tom, I decided to get the car. Traded some estate tax work for her. Got to get it running, but other than a driver rocker, she is rot free in all the floors and trunk pan, and only some surface rust on the exterior. Thats the one nice thing about Arizona!
Just got an original Stromberg 2bbl for her today (the original one was missing).
Here's some pics:
Jay -
Thomas - I sent you an email about a similar car for sale locally, if you don't get it send me a private message on here -
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All 57 Dodges had a 325 cid engine irregardless of the heads or carburetion used on it. The 318 looks identical and came out in the 57 Ply Fury. Didn't make it into any othr cars till 59 or 60.Best way to I.D. Mopar engines is to get the car model from the engine no and compare it to a Motors manual. Engine no is usually in front of the valley cover, between the intake manifold and the water pump. It will be the prefix and will be similar to, D8, S22, P25, C51 etc.
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HEMI and Poly identification tables:
http://www.classichemi.com/index1.shtml
http://www.thehemi.com/engines.php
http://www.hotrodders.com/kb/chrysler-engine-tech"The time has come", the Walrus said, "to speak of many things. Of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings. And why the sea is boiling hot,
And whether pigs have wings..." -
Coronet v8 &Royal V8, D66 & D67-1 245 hp/ 320 ft lbs torque. Custom Royal V8, D67-2, 260 hp/ 335 ft lbs. Suburban V8, same as royal V8 D70-71. "500" 285hp/345 ft lbs. "500" (special kit) 310hp/350 ft lbs. last twohad 2 4 bbl carbs I believe at least the 310 hp version did.
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After doing some more research, found out that the 310 hp "special kit " the 56 Chrysler 300 engine. 354 cid. All the other 57 Dodge V8 engines were 325 cid.
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Check the older Motor's Manuals. They give all the model codes in the engine specs page, D-63,
D 8, D 24, etc.
