Identification reference
Engine Details
Source-backed component numbers, codes, stampings, and application notes.
Factory air cleaner
- Value
- Heavy-duty micronic replaceable-element dry air cleaner, unsilenced on the 360 four-barrel
- Application
- 1974 Plymouth Duster 360
- Type
- air cleaner / specification
Sources: 1974 Chrysler/Plymouth Salesman's Pocket Guide - Valiant/Duster Specifications
Engine serial pad and format
- Value
- The A-engine pad records model year/build plant, displacement, engine type, build-date code, and optional daily sequence; the catalog locates the 318/360 pad at the left front of the block below the cylinder head
- Application
- 1974 Chrysler 360 engine identification
- Type
- block / stamp
- Location
- Left front of block below the cylinder head
Sources: 1974 passenger-car parts catalog
High-performance four-barrel camshaft
- Value
- 2899206
- Application
- 1974 360 four-barrel high-performance engine
- Type
- camshaft / part number
Sources: 1974 passenger-car parts catalog
High-performance timing set
- Value
- Camshaft sprocket 2899556 and timing chain 1327319
- Application
- 1974 360 four-barrel high-performance engine
- Type
- camshaft / part number
Sources: 1974 passenger-car parts catalog
California Carter Thermo-Quad automatic-transmission application
- Value
- TQ6455S; factory service carburetor 3751436
- Application
- 1974 Valiant/Duster high-performance 360 with automatic transmission and California emissions package
- Type
- carburetor / carburetor list
Sources: 1974 passenger-car parts catalog
California Carter Thermo-Quad manual-transmission application
- Value
- TQ6454S; factory service carburetor 3751435
- Application
- 1974 Valiant/Duster high-performance 360 with three- or four-speed manual transmission and California emissions package
- Type
- carburetor / carburetor list
Sources: 1974 passenger-car parts catalog
Carter Thermo-Quad automatic-transmission application
- Value
- TQ6453S; factory service carburetor 3751434
- Application
- 1974 Valiant/Duster high-performance 360 with automatic transmission, outside California
- Type
- carburetor / carburetor list
Sources: 1974 passenger-car parts catalog
Carter Thermo-Quad C-4-TQ carburetor list number
- Value
- 6453
- Application
- 360 A/T
- Type
- carburetor / carburetor list
Secondary reference chart says it is a guide, not a complete list; verify against factory parts records for a specific car.
Sources: 1974 Carburetors , 1974 Mopar Carburetor Guide
Carter Thermo-Quad C-4-TQ carburetor list number
- Value
- 6488
- Application
- 360 A/T (California)
- Type
- carburetor / carburetor list
Secondary reference chart says it is a guide, not a complete list; verify against factory parts records for a specific car.
Sources: 1974 Carburetors , 1974 Mopar Carburetor Guide
Carter Thermo-Quad C-4-TQ carburetor list number
- Value
- 6455
- Application
- 360 A/T (California)
- Type
- carburetor / carburetor list
Secondary reference chart says it is a guide, not a complete list; verify against factory parts records for a specific car.
Sources: 1974 Carburetors , 1974 Mopar Carburetor Guide
Carter Thermo-Quad C-4-TQ carburetor list number
- Value
- 6452
- Application
- 360 M/T
- Type
- carburetor / carburetor list
Secondary reference chart says it is a guide, not a complete list; verify against factory parts records for a specific car.
Sources: 1974 Carburetors , 1974 Mopar Carburetor Guide
Carter Thermo-Quad C-4-TQ carburetor list number
- Value
- 6454
- Application
- 360 M/T (California)
- Type
- carburetor / carburetor list
Secondary reference chart says it is a guide, not a complete list; verify against factory parts records for a specific car.
Sources: 1974 Carburetors , 1974 Mopar Carburetor Guide
Carter Thermo-Quad manual-transmission application
- Value
- TQ6452S; factory service carburetor 3751433
- Application
- 1974 Valiant/Duster high-performance 360 with three- or four-speed manual transmission, outside California
- Type
- carburetor / carburetor list
Sources: 1974 passenger-car parts catalog
High-performance connecting rod
- Value
- 3751015
- Application
- 1974 360 four-barrel high-performance engine
- Type
- connecting rod / part number
Sources: 1974 passenger-car parts catalog
Rod and bearing construction
- Value
- Drop-forged manganese-steel I-beam connecting rods with tri-metal-grid rod bearings
- Application
- 1974 Plymouth 360 V8
- Type
- connecting rod / specification
Sources: 1974 Chrysler/Plymouth Salesman's Pocket Guide - Valiant/Duster Specifications
360 crankshaft
- Value
- 3751602
- Application
- 1974 360-cu.-in. passenger-car engine
- Type
- crankshaft / part number
Sources: 1974 passenger-car parts catalog
360 cylinder head
- Value
- 3698617
- Application
- 1974 360-cu.-in. passenger-car engine
- Type
- cylinder head / part number
Sources: 1974 passenger-car parts catalog
High-performance 360 distributor
- Value
- Distributor identification 3755486; partial service assembly 3755487
- Application
- 1974 Valiant/Duster high-performance 360 with manual or automatic transmission
- Type
- distributor / part number
Sources: 1974 passenger-car parts catalog
360 service short engine
- Value
- 3769447
- Application
- 1974 360-cu.-in. passenger-car engine; the catalog defines the short engine as block, pistons and rings, crankshaft and bearings, and connecting rods and bearings
- Type
- engine assembly / part number
Sources: 1974 passenger-car parts catalog
Advertised Duster 360 output
- Value
- 245 SAE net hp and 320 lb-ft
- Application
- Standard E58 engine in the 1974 Plymouth Duster 360
- Type
- engine assembly / specification
Sources: 1974 Plymouth Duster 360 buyer's guide , 1974 Plymouth Duster, Valiant, and Barracuda sales brochure , How Chrysler invented the sport compact car
Performance hardware
- Value
- Four-barrel carburetor, high-performance camshaft, special valves and springs, double-roller timing chain, windage tray, and dual exhaust
- Application
- 1974 E58 high-performance 360
- Type
- engine assembly / specification
Sources: 1974 Plymouth Duster 360 buyer's guide , 1974 Plymouth Duster, Valiant, and Barracuda sales brochure
Factory exhaust
- Value
- Dual exhaust with aluminized reverse-flow mufflers and aluminized tail pipes
- Application
- 1974 Plymouth Duster 360
- Type
- exhaust manifold / specification
Sources: 1974 Chrysler/Plymouth Salesman's Pocket Guide - Valiant/Duster Specifications
360 crankshaft vibration damper
- Value
- 3751808
- Application
- 1974 360-cu.-in. passenger-car engine
- Type
- harmonic balancer / part number
Sources: 1974 passenger-car parts catalog
Factory electronic ignition
- Value
- Twelve-volt weather-resistant electronic ignition with automatic distributor advance was standard with manual or automatic transmission
- Application
- 1974 Plymouth Duster 360
- Type
- ignition / specification
Sources: 1974 Chrysler/Plymouth Salesman's Pocket Guide - Valiant/Duster Specifications
Cooling system
- Value
- 16-psi pressure-vented coolant-reserve system with 16-quart capacity including the heater and a 20-inch seven-blade fan
- Application
- 1974 Plymouth Duster 360
- Type
- other / specification
Sources: 1974 Chrysler/Plymouth Salesman's Pocket Guide - Valiant/Duster Specifications
Lubrication and filtration
- Value
- Positive-pressure lubrication with rotary positive-displacement pump, full-flow disposable filter, 45-65 psi at 2,000 rpm, and four-quart capacity plus one quart when changing the filter
- Application
- 1974 Plymouth Duster 360
- Type
- other / specification
Sources: 1974 Chrysler/Plymouth Salesman's Pocket Guide - Valiant/Duster Specifications
Pistons, pins, and rings
- Value
- Lightweight aluminum-alloy, elliptically turned, tin-plated steel-strut slipper pistons; press-fit carbon-steel pins; two compression rings and a three-piece oil ring with chrome-plated rails
- Application
- 1974 Plymouth 360 V8
- Type
- piston / specification
Sources: 1974 Chrysler/Plymouth Salesman's Pocket Guide - Valiant/Duster Specifications
