Where Are the 361 Owners?

[Dibbons]

Any Mopar 361 Fans on the forum? Let's see your vehicles and hear your stories. Should be a good opportunity for us to expand our knowledge of Mopar history. I hope to read some interesting responses. Thank you.

 

[Darter6]

Way back in the 60's friends raced a 60 Belvedere with a 361. Car ran in the mid 14's. The car was from south western PA.
It was lettered with the name MR.PERIOD.
As of late I had gathered parts to build a 63 Fury hardtop to run in NSS/E or F with a 361. Sold the car and all the parts several months ago.
Had almost all the Mopar engines in many cars and wanted to do a 361 for the sake of it.
Hard pressed to find much of a performance difference between it and a 383.

 

[toolmanmike]

Someone before me put a 361 in my Coronet. It ran pretty good with a intake, carb and dual exhaust.

 

[Spare Parts]

My 361 HP 61 Fury golden commando 3 on tree 331 SG
Still has the original silver paint on engine. It’s my fair weather daily driver.

 

[dvw]

Granted they are historical. But why use one? Piston availability has to be poor. Heads are lousy. 383 cores are dirt cheap. Unless it was a matching number or running motor that needed no work, it would be scrap metal in my book.
Doug

 

[Spare Parts]

In the early 80s I gave a friend of mine a rusty 71 Charger shell that he made a circle track dirt car out of. Track motor rules called for a 365 CID limit.
Every car in this class was a small block except for his was a
361BB. Used to dominate the class. Everyone used to scratch the heads trying to figure it out

 

[FU64RY]

Any Mopar 361 Fans on the forum? Let's see your vehicles and hear your stories. Should be a good opportunity for us to expand our knowledge of Mopar history. I hope to read some interesting responses. Thank you.

Here's one I recently had rebuilt with Egge pistons. Everything new or rebuilt with J11Y Champion plugs.

 

[Spare Parts]

A NOS 63 emblem I have sitting on shelf

 

[Big Bad Dad]

I found and wanted my 64 Fury when I was 14 years old, and finally got it when I was 29 years old! I lived next door to the original owner when I was growing up, and became friends with him. Told him I liked and wanted to buy the car when he was ready to let it go. I was able to finally buy the car from his son many years later after he passed away. I saved the stock wheels and hub caps, and added the Magnum 500s. It has a 361 with push button trans. I swapped a 4 bbl intake and an AFB carb from a 383 to it. Converted to the hi rise HP exh manifolds and a 2-1/2" TTI exhaust. I recently converted to disc brakes on the front with a dual master cylinder, and changed all lugs to RH threads. The latest repair/improvement was the installation of a new stainless steel fuel tank.

 

[Dibbons]

I like how the firewall is arranged on the '64 Fury.

 

[khryslerkid]

I like how the firewall is arranged on the '64 Fury.

'62 to '65 Dodge and Plymouth are mostly the same layout.

 

[khryslerkid]

Dodge designers in 1962 decided to make the 361 hp the standard engine in the Polara 500. I removed the one in my 500. It had seen its better days. The decision to replace it was mainly the cost factor and a little bit of wanting a 440 that I've never owned before. 361s and 383s were the norm for me throughout the years and I thought a Big Block would be a good marriage for this car. (Post #11)

Removing the 361...

Where it now resides...

 

[Nxcoupe]

I have a 66 Coronet 500 with a factory 361 and ac. Someone put a 383 or 361 intake and 4 bbl carb, but it has lots of torque,runs smooth and is a fun car. It's far from fast but it's sat for 20 years before I got it running and driving. It had a broken stud on the exhaust manifold that I had to repair, and a cracked manifold too boot. Cylinder walls didn't look real hot, but it runs. It will get rebuilt and holley sniper too.

 

[Charles Cook]

 

[64fury74charger]

Our 64 Sport Fury has the 361 and there’s plenty of power with a mild purple cam and 4 bbl. It’s pretty much the same as the 400 in the Charger.

 

[toolmanmike]

Our 64 Sport Fury has the 361 and there’s plenty of power with a mild purple cam and 4 bbl. It’s pretty much the same as the 400 in the Charger.

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That's a beauty.

 

[Dutchrebuild]

In 2006 my daily beater was this '64 Chrysler Newport. It was a factory 361 2-bbl and 3-speed manual on the floor...other than redoing the seats, it was all original...ran it for years with no problems... smashed it into a deer and sold it off

 

[64BEL]

A lot of Mopar guys don't realize that there was a 361 HP. It had a 4bbl, lumpier cam, and dual point distributor. I didn't know about it until about 2011 when I bought one out of a '62 Polara to get the BB cable shift 727 that came with it.

 

[YY1]

One of the few Mopar engines that gets less love than a 400.

Shame.

...and often gets mis-identified as a 383, especially by people trying to sell a car.

 

[Darter6]

My brother's 62 Sport Fury convertible was a 361 with dealer installed 2 4's.
Had to wind that thing up to about 50 MPH before kicking in the second 4 bbl.