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Factory Big Block Plug Wire Routing

Those straight ones are plentiful though.
Oh yeah? Like from what source? I've only found 2 water necks at the auto parts stores. Spectre Chrome water neck, reviewed as being a warped piece of junk. And Dorman OE Solutions water neck, that looks like a hunchbacked piece of junk as well. I might be headed to my local junk yard tomorrow morning to try to find an "original good" junk straight big block neck..
 
Rockauto used to have mopar ones but now they say out of stock. There is a few options but i would take a half rusted cast iron one over aftermarket any day.

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Oh yeah? Like from what source? I've only found 2 water necks at the auto parts stores. Spectre Chrome water neck, reviewed as being a warped piece of junk. And Dorman OE Solutions water neck, that looks like a hunchbacked piece of junk as well. I might be headed to my local junk yard tomorrow morning to try to find an "original good" junk straight big block neck..
As usual check with the site sponsors first @69bfan is always the first choice for me, if no site sponsors have what you're looking for megaparts has correct reproductions https://www.megapartsusa.com/proddetail.php?prod=145-TH Hopefully something will come up, good luck.
 
Brand new reproduction water necks are available at $40 to $45 for the 67 and later style neck. They were originally straight during this time frame, no matter SB, BB, AC or whatever. Good used ones can be found as well, but will require some searching. They were cast aluminum and many of them will have massive pitting where the hose connects to the housing, which may be a source of potential leaks.

In regards to the plug wire holders at the thermostat housing, each series of engines, year model and body style can use a different style holder. You can modify or rig something up to work, but be aware that if your looking for correctness, then search out the correct style for your particular application. Todd Hoffman has reproduced most of the more common applications for the 63 to 79 year models and engine configurations.

For plug wires, there is basically only one company making the reproduction wires with the Mopar stenciling. These reproduction wires actually use some of the GM style ends / boots. As we all know, Chrysler would have two to three vendors for items, so on an original assembly line engine, you could find a possible mismatched set of wires on any given engine. Also, as slight modifications to tooling as molds or materials changed during the model years, you would see variances in the boots. It was not uncommon to see original engines with different date coded plug wires from the factory.

Finding a truly correct set of plug wires with the correct ends can take years to accomplish. Most of the ones that you will find are put together from multiple partial kits to make up one complete kit.

Thankfully, we have manufactures / vendors who have stepped up and reproduced these parts so that we can make the cars as correct as possible for 98% of the customers. Trying to make the parts 100% accurate could easily double or triple the pricing due to the different variations. For that 2% of the market, many of those owners will search out NOS or excellent used pieces.
 
I’m at a junk yard right now. I’ve only been able to find 318 water necks. First two picks are a neck on a 73 Charger 318. Second neck is on a 68 Coronet 318. They look a little different but are both straight

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I was at Desert Valley Auto parts which is now located near Black Canyon City in AZ. I bought two water necks, one aluminum (off a 68 Coronet 318 and one cast iron (of a 73 Charger 318). The only big block I found with a neck on it was a 60s Chrysler Imperial and it was literally disintegrating..

Is VHT engine enamel SP120 Chrysler Hemi Orange equal to the correct Street Hemi Orange color? From what I remember there were two colors: Race Hemi Orange (pure orange used in the early mid 60s and Street Hemi Orange (red orange used on all 70 and 71 HP engines.

I’m in a speed shop and all they have is VHT SP120. The cap color looks more like Race Hemi Orange to me..
 
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