Hi Judson,

Thanks for your time yesterday, it was truly appreciated and I enjoyed talking with you. I learned a lot and hope to learn more. Who knows, maybe I can even contribute something. Here you'll find a few pics of the A279 Ball Stud HEMI I mentioned, along with another pic I'll get to in a bit. As for the A279, it was designed and built to replace the 426 HEMI and to consolidate product line and manufacturing costs. In short, it was to become Chrysler big block line up for both bread and butter and performance models. Two sizes were planned: 400 & 444 cubic inchers and factory dyno figures using a single 4 barrel had this engine producing power that landed between the 440 and the 426 HEMI.

These were fully developed engines that never made production. It's interesting to think what would have happened if they did since Dick Landy, once he sorted out a few things with it, is said to have told Chrysler this was the best engine they ever built. Kinda' makes you wonder. But this brings me to the picture labeled Head Comparison. It shows three chambers: the A279 Ball Stud, Chrysler's 4.7 "Cammer" engine and the 318 Poly. They look remarkably similar and another reason I'm interested in working with the Poly.

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Thanks again for your time. Look forward to hearing from you.

Joe Baray

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