F@h: Chrysler Fireball 318

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura) 07/06/2020 at 07:23 • Filed to: None

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The Fireball 318 was fourth-generation Chrysler Valiant VH series, offered in Australia in 1971. Engine rotation was reversed for the Australia market, since with the swapping of the passenger sides with the driver sides of cars on offer Australia, Chrysler did not want drivers to become confused.

kanadanmajava1 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/06/2020 at 10:14

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I haven’t heard about this. Can they really be running the engine in reverse rotation? That would cause major issues while borrowing any US sourced transmissions or rear axles . And getting the propeller shafts moved slightly to the left would be the only benefit.

I do know that Chrysler did make reverse rotation V8s for boat applications . And some big block truck engines did use reverse rotation camshafts as they did use two timing gears instead of the regular timing chain with sprockets .

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > kanadanmajava1 07/06/2020 at 15:26

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It’s complete bulls**t. A favorite theme of mine on Oppo is to rib the Australians about their right hand-drive cars.

kanadanmajava1 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/06/2020 at 16:02

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Good. I was scare d fo r a while...

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > kanadanmajava1 07/06/2020 at 17:53

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I saw a show about some wooden cabin cruiser powered by a pair of Ferrari engines and one of them turned backwards because of the propeller screw.

kanadanmajava1 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/06/2020 at 18:39

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That sounds like a very expensive engine choic e .

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > kanadanmajava1 07/07/2020 at 00:13

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It was a very rare and expensive boat, something you’d see in Venice.

kanadanmajava1 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/07/2020 at 06:26

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Ferrucio Lamborghini ordered himself a Riva Aquarama with two 4 litre Lamborghini V12s . It also one engine running in reverse direction. The boat has been restored but the engines aren’t the original ones. Picture by Wired:

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > kanadanmajava1 07/07/2020 at 09:04

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This is the boat I was thinking about. I saw a piece about it on tele a while back.