Thread: Red Ram Hemi
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05-12-2005 05:55 AM #1
Red Ram Hemi
........" Good afternoon Mike,
Just read the great post on adapting the early hemi's. My question is the physical differences between the Red Ram hemi's and the larger displacement engines. Are they the same size externally or smaller.
There's one for sale locally but fitting a full size hemi into our 37 Dodge PU would be a PITA. I saw how you shoehorned yours in, but I'd like to avaoid cutting sheetmetal if possible.
Thanks, Mark".....
I got this trough a PM, just for information I usually only check my Club Hot Rod mail box every couple of months. I prefer to answer questions on the forum (if I can) as I feel that someone else may have the same question. It also acts a good check and balance as someone may disagree or have a better way of doing things.
As far as your question Mark, I know the Dodge Red Rams are physically smaller than the Chrysler Fire Powers (both narrower and shorter), but I don't know by how much. You might check http://www.hothemiheads.com/ and see if they list the dimensions. If not another option would be for you to go over and measure the Red Ram. I can provide the critial measurements on my hemi and how much I had to trim latter this evening so you can compare them. It may work.
Welcome to CHR. I think that you need to hook up your vacuum advance. At part throttle when cruising you have less air and fuel in each cylinder, and the air-fuel mixture is not as densely packed...
MSD 8360 distributor vacuum advance