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93Dakota
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7/15/2005
22:01:38
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 Subject: Hey Larry
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Didnt relize the 3.9 orginated off the 360? I thought it was the 318, also it was first introduced to replace the "indestructable" 225 slant six.
Ah, the Iaccoca years, when two platforms formed the basis of an entire car line, and a new engine could always be created from an old one. Need a V-6? Chop off two cylinders from the venerable 318 - itself a modified 273! Thus, the 3.9, with a 3.91" bore, a close relative of our friend the 318 - with the same bore and stroke.
"Though the 318's performance came between the GM 305 and 350, it never seemed to have the oil-burning and smoke-producing qualities of those engines. Like the slant six, the 318 has shown itself capable of great abuse at the hands of those non-oil-or-air-filter-changing folk who so often end up behind the wheels of Mopar cars and light trucks."
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Yates In-De
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7/15/2005
22:15:04
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Like the slant six, the 3.9 has shown itself capable of great abuse at the hands of those non-oil-or-air-filter-changing folk who so often end up behind the wheels of Mopar cars and light trucks.
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Bob Lincoln
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7/16/2005
08:59:47
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"Didnt relize the 3.9 orginated off the 360? I thought it was the 318" Yes, the 3.9L IS a sawed-off 318.
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Joe M.
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7/16/2005
09:22:33
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Bob's right
heck just do the math the 318 was aprox. just under 40 C.I.'s per cyl.
as is the 3.9 (239)
the 360 has aprox. 45 cubes per cyl
the v6 would have then been a 270
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93dak4x4
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7/16/2005
10:12:39
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yes our motors share the block, bore and stroke with the 318, but i believe he might be partially correct. I think both the 360 and 318 came from the same small block design hence the 239 is from a 360 mindset.
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