/6 198 rods needed badly

MoparChic71 said
Lol! I guess I have a rare engine. When I bought my car I thought it was a 225. I checked behind the alternator and found out I actually have a 198. I dont get chrysler...they put shorter rods on a long throw crank (225) and long rods on a short throw crank (198 ). Everything else is indentical. They should have came up with something way better, like a factory turbo six or a better flowing head 225. Idk.

It was necessary to change the rod length when changing the stroke, to keep the correct deck hight.

Chrysler did do testing of a turbo slant six, for use in a truck application, back in the '70's. I spoke to Larry Sheppard about it, when I was building my turbo motor. He told me they dropped the project because they couldn't get the engine to live. He did not tell me what the problem was.