Chrysler A engine

Chrysler A engine
Chrysler A engine
Overview
Manufacturer	Chrysler
Also called	Plymouth A engine
Production	1956-1961 Mound Road Engine, Detroit, MI
Layout
Configuration	V8
Displacement	276.1 cu in (4.5 L); 299.6 cu in (4.9 L); 302.5 cu in (5.0 L); 312.5 cu in (5.1 L); 317.6 cu in (5.2 L); 325.2 cu in (5.3 L);
Cylinder bore	3+3⁄4 in (95.2 mm; 3.75 in); 3+13⁄16 in (96.8 mm; 3.81 in); 3+7⁄8 in (98.4 mm; 3.88 in); 3+29⁄32 in (99.2 mm; 3.91 in); 3+61⁄64 in (100 mm; 3.95 in);
Piston stroke	3+1⁄8 in (79.4 mm; 3.13 in); 3+5⁄16 in (84.1 mm; 3.31 in);
Cylinder block material	Cast iron
Cylinder head material	Cast iron
Valvetrain	OHV 2 valves x cyl.
Combustion
Fuel system	4-barrel Carburetor
Fuel type	Gasoline
Oil system	Wet sump
Cooling system	Water-cooled
Output
Power output	240–290 bhp (179–216 kW)
Chronology
Predecessor	Polyspheric engines
Successor	Chrysler LA engine

The Chrysler A engine is a small-block V8 gasoline engine built by Chrysler with polyspherical combustion chambers. It was produced from 1956 until 1967, when it was replaced by the wedge-head LA engine, although the LA was in production alongside the A from 1964 - 1967. It is not related to the hemispherical-head Hemi engine of the 1950s.

The A engine was first released in 1956 and was used exclusively in Plymouths until 1958 and in Chryslers and Dodges from 1959 on. The Desoto and Dodge 270/315/325 poly was not related to the Plymouth Polys, using the same bottom end as the Dodge and Desoto Red Ram Hemi, but utilizing similar head architecture. The cylinder bore center distance is 4.46 in (113.3 mm), larger than the earlier Dodge-based poly engines. The A engine formed the design basis of its successor, the LA engine, evidenced in the many parts that interchange between the two engine families.

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