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Title: Engines: Chrysler Corporation Passenger Car Engine Weights
Post by: Reggie on September 09, 2008, 17:46:39

Chrysler Corporation Passenger Car Engine Weights 

Below is a chart showing approximate weights for various Chrysler Corporation passenger car engines. All engine weights are stated in pounds.

Engine			Weight
Chrysler 331 Hemi			700
Chrysler 300 Poly V8			691
Chrysler 354 Poly V8			691 - 700
Chrysler 354 Hemi			720
Chrysler 392 Hemi			740
DeSoto 276-341 Poly V8			675
DeSoto 276-291 Hemi			630
DeSoto 330-345 Hemi			670
Dodge 241-325 Poly V8			645
Dodge 241-270 Hemi			580
Dodge 315-325 Hemi			610
Dodge Viper V10			716
Dodge Viper V10 (1997)			648
Dodge truck V10			816 - 836
Mopar Slant Six			475
Mopar 277-301-318 Poly "A" V8			600+ (estimate - see notes)
Mopar 273-318-340 "LA" V8			525
Mopar 360 "LA"			550
Mopar 350-361-383-400 "B" V8			620
Mopar 413-426W-440 "RB" V8			670
Mopar Street Hemi			765

Notes:

• Forum member S-type (https://www.dippy.org/forum2/index.php?action=pm;sa=send;u=10) has had considerable experience pulling Chrysler 331 Hemi engines, and recalls that they seemed to weigh substantially less than the 745lb figure from one the sources below. His 700lb weight estimate agrees with the other source below, so it was used here.
• Weight for 277-301-318 Poly "A" V8 engine is an estimate. It was similar in design & casting technique to the Dodge Poly engines from which it was derived
• Poly engines were developed in the mid 1950s.  Most were phased out of passenger cars by the late 1950s with the exception of the 318 Poly "A"  engine which was phased out after 1966.
• The term "Mopar" is used to describe Chrysler "corporate" engines that were used in various makes and vehicle platforms.
• No weights are available for the newer Magnum 5.2 (318) and 5.9 (360) engines.  However, they should weigh less than their LA counterparts due to different heads and lighter rotating assemblies.

Source:

• Farley's Forum member S-type (https://www.dippy.org/forum2/index.php?action=pm;sa=send;u=10)
• Engine Weight/Size FYI - version 00.02.04 by Dave Williams (http://gasalley.thetumbleweeds.net/tech_archive/general/engine_weights.htm)
• www.hotrodsandhemis.com (http://www.hotrodsandhemis.com/hemi5.html)
• www.crankshaftcoalition.com (http://www.crankshaftcoalition.com/wiki/Early_Hemi_engine_specificationsl)