Justin Slingsby Posted July 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 How bout put this crank and rods into my 218? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ply 51 Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 Hi, folks, I have a 54 plymouth wagon with a 265 Industrial engine. Its Canadian and is a 25 inch engine. I love it. Best thing i did is put an overdrive behind it. This car came from our western provinces and I suspect it was from a combine or water pump or something. Anyhow it fit into the car with no problem as I believe Canadian cars came with the 25 inch motors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andydodge Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 The plate on my engine is shown on the 2nd pic, just near the fuel pump, underneath the manifolds........btw Ply51....that 265 engine should wake up the Plymouth, almost a factory hotrod........or Nascar option.......lol............andyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ply 51 Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 Yup ,it goes pretty good. the ID for the engine is on the left side and it is stamped IND 265. Hard to find daul carb intake and headers up here though. There are some for the 23 inch motors but very few. Good luck with the swap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffsunzeri Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 How bout put this crank and rods into my 218? That would make the 218 into a 230. I've done just that on at least one engine, and you end up with at least 10 more HP. You just need to change the carb for the bigger displacement and you're good to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martybose Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 That would make the 218 into a 230. I've done just that on at least one engine, and you end up with at least 10 more HP. You just need to change the carb for the bigger displacement and you're good to go. You will also need a 230 flywheel to get everything in the right place. Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Slingsby Posted July 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 You will also need a 230 flywheel to get everything in the right place. Marty I am currently looking for a 230 flywheel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Slingsby Posted November 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2015 Okay so to freshen this topic up. I just got my 230 back from the machine shop. When I tore the motor down I noticed that the timing set is Cam gear running on Crank gear. This leads me to believe that it is a reverse rotation motor. SO I am using a new oil pump and new water pump and the cam and distributor out of my 218. As I am researching the cam grinds for this motor a important point was made today.. SInce my motor is reverse rotation the oiling holes in the crank are also reverse rotation. Do I need to redrill my Crank so that it picks up oil for regular rotation? If I do this do I need to rebalance my crank? Is this worth my time? Or should I seek another 230 crank that is regular rotation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Coatney Posted November 3, 2015 Report Share Posted November 3, 2015 If you have a reverse rotation engine and install it in your car you will have 3 speeds going backwards and one forward gear???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Slingsby Posted November 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2015 If you have a reverse rotation engine and install it in your car you will have 3 speeds going backwards and one forward gear???? It seems that would be the case if I wasn't correcting this motor to run regular rotation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ194950 Posted November 4, 2015 Report Share Posted November 4, 2015 How checking the crankshaft casting number to ID it. Try to post some info for you to compare to. Wonder if Chrysler ever made a reverse rotation motor as most were only needed for boat use with two (inboard only)? engines. Most manufacturer just used a reverse rotation gearbox behind one of these motors as it was considerably cheaper to produce as compared to building a low production reverse motor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ194950 Posted November 4, 2015 Report Share Posted November 4, 2015 How checking the crankshaft casting number to ID it. Try to post some info for you to compare to. Wonder if Chrysler ever made a reverse rotation motor as most were only needed for boat use with two (inboard only)? engines. Most manufacturer just used a reverse rotation gearbox behind one of these motors as it was considerably cheaper to produce as compared to building a low production reverse motor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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