Lovefordgalaxie Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Some time ago I was driving from a city called Blumenau back to Florianópolis when I decided to stop at my favorite spot to dring a caldo de cana (a refreshing soft drink made with sugar cane) I had the Galaxie parked in front of the place and was drinking my caldo and looking at the car, when a Dodge also parked. That Dodge had a sweet sweet sound, mellow and very musical. No way it was a 318. I asked the guy what was the secret to "fix" the Dodge's exhaust note, and he poped the hood: Y-Block powered mopar by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr Y-Block powered mopar by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr Y-Block powered mopar by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr Yes, that is a 272 Y-Block Ford V8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsnake Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Wow....One of my biggest pet peeves is when guys put a chevy motor in any Ford chassis, I've never seen somebody transplant a Y block into anything else before!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skymnky721 Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Great Mtr! Not sure i would have put it in here,,but if it works,,what the hey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Handley Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 At least it's not some wore out small block Chevy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford guy Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 No wonder it sounded so good to you! That's awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disabled modeler Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Id rather have it Mopar powered but if I had to change it would be a 355ci Chevy for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High octane Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 You were right, Mopar guys shouldn't look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funkster Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Y would anyone put a lesser horsepower engine in a sweet looking MOPAR.. Big heavy Y block, had hard time getting out of its own way, none the less passing anyone. Had one in my 60 Ford race car(DOG), beyond getting it for free, I was always last. Never again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FASTBACK340 Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 <sigh….> I have a `69 Charger at work right now with a 500 CI big block Chevy in it. Hey, his money pays my bills as nicely as a REAL Mopar owner's does! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1972coronet Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Nice pic of a cool car ! I love those Brasilian-market Darts ! I'm glad that you derived some pleasure out of that engine swap ( ) ! Ha ha ha ! If I wanted to make you cringe , Tulio , I'd find the photos (buried in storage) that I took of the 1954 F-100 which had its first-year-OHV-Ford-V8 yanked in favour of a Long-Ram Chrysler 413 (with the matching A-488 cast iron TorqueFlite !) . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisBcritter Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 (edited) If I wanted to make you cringe, Tulio, I'd find the photos (buried in storage) that I took of the 1954 F-100 which had its first-year-OHV-Ford-V8 yanked in favour of a Long-Ram Chrysler 413 (with the matching A-488 cast iron TorqueFlite !) . How about posting those here on 1:1 when you find them? I'd like to see that setup - how did they rig the pushbuttons? Was it a drag racer or street machine? Edited April 1, 2014 by ChrisBcritter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scummy Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Such a neat looking car , but WHY . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
checkmate Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 The engine swap looks a lot better than the wheels on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianguilly Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Interesting looking front end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 No Mopar engines in Brazil? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovefordgalaxie Posted May 29, 2014 Author Share Posted May 29, 2014 No Mopar engines in Brazil? Yes, three kinds actually, one with a cam specific for trucks, another for regular Darts and Chargers (198cv) and the hotter cam, higher compression version for the Charger R/T, that had 215cv They were all 318s with two barrel carburetors. The "normal engines" were painted light blue, and the Charger R/T engines were painted gold. Here is the engine on a 1977 Charger R/T: Maycon's Garage 26/09/2012 by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1972coronet Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 [ Brasilian Dodge Darts' engines] were all 318s with two barrel carburetors. The "normal engines" were painted light blue, and the Charger R/T engines were painted gold. Here is the engine on a 1977 Charger R/T [ Brasilian Dodge Dart ] Maycon's Garage 26/09/2012 by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr That's some new info for yours truly ! I have only seen the gold coloured engines ( and silver in Mexico-built , Mexican market V8 engines ) . The 'light blue' is the same as the "1972 Blue" engine colour as the U.S. market engines ? I also recognise the 1969 & earlier radiator . Makes me wonder ; was the stamping / tooling sold to the Brasil assembly plant ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovefordgalaxie Posted May 30, 2014 Author Share Posted May 30, 2014 (edited) That's some new info for yours truly ! I have only seen the gold coloured engines ( and silver in Mexico-built , Mexican market V8 engines ) . The 'light blue' is the same as the "1972 Blue" engine colour as the U.S. market engines ? I also recognise the 1969 & earlier radiator . Makes me wonder ; was the stamping / tooling sold to the Brasil assembly plant ? I don't know if it's the same color. It's a light tone of blue. Those cars started being build in 1969, only as four door sedans, and the two door hardtop came in 1970. If Chrysler do Brasil brought from the U.S. the tooling? I would say it's possible. In the case of the Galaxie (my cup of tea) I know that the production of the 1966 body style here started while the car was syill in full production in the U.S. and that Ford do Brasil made the tooling based on the engineering plans sent from Dearborn in late 1965. I think Chrysler should had done about the same thing. Edited May 30, 2014 by Lovefordgalaxie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Duster Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Ouch! Shot through the heart! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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