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From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Non-AMC powered cars in AMO


> I personally am fearful that AMO is opening a real "can of
> worms" by permitting a "MODIFIED" Class ("MODIFIED" 
meaning
> non-AMC power).

Can you elaborate? I'm really interested to know more about this. 

Myinterest in one particular outcome is obvious, but I don't have
religion in it.  

Worst-case, I'll continue to use the field as a
sweeeet parking lot :-)

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You might try a Port-0- L00  ;)-  and give us all a break........

Understandably Sentiment as to the Cans of Worms...

Yet - look what we would have missed had we
not stuck that Rolls Royce Merlin V-12 onto
our P-51 Mustang Fighter Aircraft engine
bulkhead!

Which is not to say the Allison V-12 should be 
held in the same breath as the AMC 4 / 6 / 8
cyl. engines - as a Warmly Massaged 390
would thrill the most Radical of Addictions
yet there are those who prefer listening to 
Concubines..........

AMC produced some  Body Styles
that Fine Profile -
which takes a lot to bring back to just Driver
Condition -
- what with per Gallon of
Wal Mart Paint
and Bar Code on that  360" Horse Hair Paint
Brushy...

Yet - these past few years have brought
some Incredible Power Plants into mass
production and within Grasp of Flat
Wallets everywhere - even as Detroit
enters  G'otterdamarung -
Passage to Oblivion'.

Plymouth is Gone.  Oldsmobile - Americas
oldest Running Marque? - Gone.

GM stock is one Cats Whisker away from 
Junk Bond Status - Wall St. won't touch it.

Rover is now - Gone.  MG - the British Sports Car
known the world around in the 60s' as 
The Yuppie 'Gate Crasher' (similar to the
fold down seats of the Nash - in outcome only)
- Gone.

The Thunderbird is Dead.

DCX stock chart looks a lot like a Killington Vt.
Ski Slope Trail Map.  


But for this Brief Expanse of Time -
Materials that were once Private Reserve
of Racing Circles and Construction GCs 
on their Saturday Night Specials - are
now almost common among Manufacturers
but it won't last - .

Right now, you're seeing the culmination
of Old School Engineering at its' Best.

But Commodities are in demand -
and Aluminum & Steel command 
cash money overseas due to Asias
rapid building plan - these wonderful
engines - produced for just a few years -
will be gone as well.

Big Money in Expensive Drivetrains -
soon to be a thing of the Past for 
Manufacturers World Wide -
in a Price War -  going Electric
is Salvation staring them in the Face.

Anyone here have a Checkered Past involving
Slot Cars ?   Remember rewinding those
C'ores' >?.......... Big Expensive > Right ;)?

I watched on TV - an Electric S'portscar' -
which amounted to a Fiberglas' body on
a Tube Frame - put a V12 Ferrara away in
a Drag Race - in Major Proportions..
in the WeeDs - ! Enzo, we hardly knew ye!

Sequential Multi-Port Fuel Injection / 
Turbo Supercharging / Electronic Control
Module Controllers for Hydraulicly Controlled
DOHC Camshaft Positioning - HorsePower
and Torque figures in Stock Engines that
surpass Expensively Modified Stock efforts 
are Available Now at Salvage Yard Prices.

The Last Year of the Olds Aurora V8 engine
is a work of Art. 

Short stroke V8 - with Twin Turbos you
would have an Indy Car engine screaming
shift points @ 8,000 RPM - or - a 
miserly Boulevard Cruiser Potentate -
just spin the Boost Controller............

Designed alongside the
Northstar - and packing a slightly smaller
dimension - 
Upgraded for its' final year
with rollers on the cam interfaces - this all
Aluminum DOHC Orphan Fuel Sipping
V8 Beauty languishes 
in salvage Engine Bays and  may find
their Fates coupled with those of AMC
motors - scrapped and lost.

Or what about an Inliner for you Purists ?

After being on the STROKERS List for 4.0
engines some 3+ years,  those builders
who know tossed all their I'mprovements'
to the 4.0 they thought DCX could do to
create the "Ultimate" Inliner onto the List:

DOHC / Crossflow head / 4 valve / semi Hemi /
Strong bottom end Design Structure / Latest
Alloy Materials / Ultra Light Weight via
Lost Foam Casting etc.

They missed the Hydraulicly controlled via
ECM Camshafts - which creates a 'Sweet Spot'
right across the entire operating range of the
Engine...... as they didn't know it existed.

Less weight and exhibiting more usable HP / 
Torque of a Maxed Stroker 4.0 (4.7 etc.) and
being of 4.2 configuration :

All of the above Inliner can be purchased for around
$800.00 from www.car-parts.com salvage.

The Same Engine - bumped to 5.0 with Forged Rods & Pistons
and an Increased Compression Ration - putting out
600HP all day (up from 275 stock in 4.2 config.) in a Desert Race 
Vehicle - turned in
consistent Wins without breaking  a sweat.

Want one  of these F'rivolous ChachKiies' in Your 
CLassIC  ?

OK - so  this Golden Era of Incredible Engines
in Salvage Yards - , as we're witnessing the Dawn of
Alternate Fuel Age
Engines and the coming of Electric Cars - knowing
to the eventuality that our cherished Hot Rods will
one day rely on fuelling at  Agway Grain & Feed
Store - or a LNG hook-up at a Friends Restaurant
 - or running the cycled out
Deep Fryer Oils from McDonalds & Burger King as
a Designer Chic' Odiferous Cruise Accessory' .

Having been first attracted to cars via Engine
sounds - I can't help but marvel this 
'Final Battle' of
"Bold & Beautiful" in their Own Right -
Ultra-Tech Engines - of 'Other' Manufacture
Status.

Back when L'ittle GTO' was making the Rounds -
and  'of Mythical Proportions' created
- it remains
to this day known only by 
'The Keeper of  Book Tiger Paws' - 
that it was a Tri-Power 427 
that lurked under
the KingTigers bonnet - not a 389.

Some would argue for a P'repped' 421 ..........but
who knew where that New Jersey V'ette went one
dark and dreary night - insurance was paid up..
 
The 389 was a mild engine that would grenade a lot.

Thet got Yanked on a Saturday Nite
......... when you sent the sick G'oat to the V'ette'.......
and you later conveniently F'orgot' the keys to the locked
hood pins........ "Put up or Shut up"............

Ok - who here remembers the Studillac -
raise your Hands !  Uh-huh....... thought so.

Oh! Is that New Old Stock ?  Rally ? 
What did you pay for it ?


             Brien.
         NEW YORK
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