Happy Muscle Motor Month!!!!
 

Yes it's that time of the year again when the 4th month of the year and numeric days of this month, coincide with either the cubic inch displacement, or the advertised hp of big block engines from the muscle car era. As I've said in previous years there's something for everyone as the month always starts with 401 (for AMC fans), to 430 (which I know now thanks to a YouTube show called "Cars and Zebras"), that both the '63 427 Z11 Mystery Motor, and the '69 aluminum head 427 were rated at 430hp!

It didn't occur to me as much (until I started watching that show), that there were several days in March that made it worthy of being dubbed "Mouse/Muscle Motor Month"!

Help me out with this , but these are my days of March that relate with ci's or hp's of small and big block engines:

1. 301 Pontiac.
2. 302 Chevy and Ford
3. 304 AMC?
4. 305 Chevy
5. 307 Chevy
6. 318 Mopar
6. 325 Chevy 327, and I believe a 340 Mopars hp rating, + a hp rating of the 396 Chevy
7. 326 Pontiac
8. 327 Chevy
9. 330 Oldsmobile, and the hp rating on the strongest 327 Chevy.
10. 331 a 327 bored .030 over, made famous to me by "Da Grump"!

What do y'all think....corrections? Additions?

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Don't forget; Pontiac 421 and 428. John Kissel K242

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301 Plymouth
303 Plymouth
315 Dodge
325 Dodge
325 DeSoto
330 DeSoto
331 Chrysler

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303 Oldsmobile
324 Oldsmobile
322 Buick
307 Oldsmobile
331 Cadillac
317 Pontiac

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Happy Fine fine 4/09 today.

Tomorrow 4:10 for best factory gears street and strip.
The cars that came with these are legendary!!!!

Then 4:11 for Ford I believe.

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This is what I was hoping to see, thanks guys! I may not currently have a dog in either of these months fights, but nearly 40yrs ago I had two:

1. In 1980 I bought a 2dr '66 Chevy Impala Coupe that (get this), came with a 396/325hp engine, and a 3spd tranny!!! I didn't know such cars with such engines, came with such trannies!!!!

2. In (I believe) 1984, I had a 1967 Chevelle 2dr Coupe, that I replaced the original 283/195 mill, with a 327 that had 194 "Fuelie" heads for it, and a Power-glide tranny.

Piss poor choices of who would work on both cars, contributed mightily to why I didn't have either of those cars for long....😔

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All these are Hemi's correct?

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Plymouth was A engine
Pretty sure Dodge was A engine
DeSoto and Chrysler were Hemis

Hope I got it right.

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Chrysler...331...354...392....all hemi engines.

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Gary would that 3 spd trans be one of those fully syncro 3 spds ?

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AMC had a 327 back in the day. Don’t remember hp.

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342 Stude

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Stude 304

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Today is 413.

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Buick 425 up next! 😎

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Don't forget the Pontiac 421

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Donovan 417

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Pontiac 421? ( didn`t see Carguy49)

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For sure! Memory fades at times.
The older I get the better I used to be! 👍

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Good one Adger, ( I never heard of it, lol)
Doesn't fit on my calendar :)
MJ

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426 just happens to be a "holy" day this year

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I know it's a little late, but nobody mentioned the 308 hudson.

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So... for the 4th month:
400-401- 425- 430 Buick . Man... where did all the cool engines and cars go?
Soooo very happy I got to live in the days when cubic inches were all over the streets of every town. 😎

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It's not a V8. If we include non-V8s, the Feb & Mar list gets very long!

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You ever see one of these 401's in the Bama medians in the early 70s? This is one of the 12 72's to fill the 71 ADPS order. It's a missile. Phish

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In reference to the Stude 342. Remember the song the "Twelfth of never." In a month with 30 days, wouldn't the Stude fit there. The twelfth of never. A little humor for today, sorry.

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QUOTE=Spyphish;612320]You ever see one of these 401's in the Bama medians in the early 70s? This is one of the 12 72's to fill the 71 ADPS order. It's a missile. Phish[/QUOTE]

Congratulations! You have the VeRy “coolest” PoLiCe interceptor (AMC fan) ever. The Mustangs were ok. The Camaros and Firebirds were slick. But the Javelin...... CrAZY !

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Thanks, wicked fast but needs new front springs which I have. Was to be used in this years Great Race at end of June. If we have it. Phish

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I know the the 308 was a six cylinder, but it was a nascar killer in it's day. that's all.

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Today is Donovan 417 day. Thanks Dwight.

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Boy, this thread is not the place for me! My car's day would have been two months ago... if only February had 83 days!

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Today is Pontiac 421 day. Yippee

Tri-power 4 speed Catalina. Way Cool.

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For next year:
410 Mercury
415 hp rating for low compression max wedge
430 Lincoln
Norman

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Buick 425 on the way !

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And Oldsmobile 425.

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Forgot the Olds !
Age starting to show itself.

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I don't remember, but I wasn't very savvy with manual trannies. Had I kept that car, I would've eventually replaced it with a Turbo 400.

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True on the c.i. of the engine, but Feb. 20th would've been good (just like January 20th for my cars motor @ 120hp), because 220 definitely fit into that month!

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[QUOTE=dondon;612311]I know it's a little late, but nobody mentioned the 308 hudson.[/QUOTE

You did, and thank you for that important addition. I'm giving out plenty of love for all of the engines, hp ratings and even factory gearing relative to the engines past and present that contributed mightily to our favorite sport...at least it's mine!!!!

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This weekend should be a hemi lover's delight, as tomorrow represents the advertised hp rating of (at least the '68-'70 hemi's), if not all of them that were of the beloved 426 engine.

HAPPY HEMI WEEKEND!!!!