phillips long block headers

[mpn23748]

Here is a pic of the phillips long block headers after I got them ceramic coated, I should be installing these on Sunday on my 54 Desoto 265 flathead, I will post some pics after the install

[dezeldoc]

Nice but why do they have a O2 bung in them? someone going to run one of those MSD boxes or maybe a egt gauge?

[mpn23748]

I am going to use my innovate motorsports wideband air/fuel monitor for tuning purposes

[Jim Shepard]

I thought Phillips went out of business. Is he still around?

[BeBop138]

I am going to use my innovate motorsports wideband air/fuel monitor for tuning purposes

Please explain how you do this----do you have to have o-2 sensors in the pipes or do you insert the guage......thanks

[mpn23748]

this is phillips exhaust

http://www.exhaustedbyphillips.com/

wide band 02 sensors screw into the headers, they plug into a handheld display that you have with you in the car, then you tune from there, idle, cruising, full throtle

[Don Coatney]

Did Canadian Desotos have a 265 CI engine? In the USA only Chrysler had a 265 CI engine.

[1937 Dodge]

I agree with Don. I was not aware that Canadian Desotos had 265 engines. Thought that they only got up to 251.

[greg g]

Maybe is on of those Cockshutt Combine engines....

[BobT-47P15]

Greg......do you actually have an electric traffic signal in your town???

"Home of the electric traffic signal."

Just down the street and around the corner from our house, they are

about to build a roundabout. So they can do away with the traffic

light.

My usual left turn to go to work will now be 3/4 of the way around the

circle......seems like a pain.

[greg g]

couple two three lights around town. They apparently were developed here by a company called Crouse Hinds.

[Guest P15-D24]

Pretty sure the "original" Phillips has stopped production 3-4 years ago.

[mpn23748]

yes, Canadian Desoto's had 265 in them, when I bought the car I did expect it to be a 251, but as I did some research I found that the all 53 and 54 Desoto's had 265 in them, Mine has the origanol motor as well, I had bought the car from same family that had bought it new, they indicated the motor has not been changed, the stamping on the block is S-20 the same model as the car. I have also just recently purchased a 53 Desoto (parts Car) it also still has the 265 full flow oil system block as well

[Don Coatney]

The DeSoto Powermaster was an automobile built by the Chrysler Corporation for sale through its DeSoto division during model years 1953 and 1954. The car debuted during DeSoto's 25th anniversary, taking the place of both the entry-level DeSoto Deluxe and the DeSoto Custom.

The Powermaster was a full-size car, offered in pillared two and four-door sedan and station wagon models, and powered by Chrysler's 251 in³ I6 engine. For both of its years in production, the Powermaster was available as an eight passenger sedan through the use of jump seats. The Powermaster was also built on a longer wheelbase (139.5 in (3543 mm)) than regular six-passenger DeSotos (125.5 in (3188 mm)). A version of the long wheelbase model was used as a basis for the DeSoto Taxi, seen in many Hollywood movies from the late 1930s through the mid-1950s.

The cars also featured a curved windshield, replacing the two piece windshield used on previous models. Passenger compartment heater, electric clock, power brakes, power steering and white sidewall tires were all available as options.

Powermasters built early in the 1953 model year had minimal chrome trim due to Korean War demands; more trim was added as defense demands decreased.

Chrysler of Canada built the DeSoto Powermaster in both 4-door sedan and 2-door hardtop body styles, the latter not offered in the United States. The Canadian DeSoto Powermaster also used Chrysler's 265 in³ flahead I6, an engine that first appeared in the 1952 Chrysler Windsor.

The Powermaster was dropped at the beginning of the 1955 model year, when DeSoto transitioned all of its automotive models to V8 engines.

See Wikicars' comprehensive DeSoto Powermaster Review.

Here is a link.

http://wikicars.org/en/DeSoto_Powermaster

[dezeldoc]

Just down the street and around the corner from our house, they are about to build a roundabout. So they can do away with the traffic light. My usual left turn to go to work will now be 3/4 of the way around the circle......seems like a pain.

Bob, they put one of those in about 15 miles from me at a busy intersection that had a bunch of accidents to try and cut down on them, you talk about a joke, the dumb idiots will fly into it and then can't stop and go over the center island, it is funny as all get out. the roads leading into it are 50 mph then 25 in the thing. then they don't know witch turn to make and end up going in circles. if they would just teach people how to drive and pay attention not yack on the cell, put on makeup, read the paper and such they would have better luck.

[mpn23748]

Don, great info