Re: [Amc-list] 287/327 pushrods

[Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx]

If I was closer we'd work something out. I've got three 327's and a 287.
No way I'll ever get to all 4! 
I did some pushrod reading this afternoon. It appears that the fact that the factory stock pushrods are solid really means next to nothing. The weight does not matter as much on that side of the rocker arm by what I have read. Buying custom length pushrods also seems to be as easy as a phone call away too. I'm going to toss this on on the backburner. A set of hollows would be helpfull, but only in an infinitely small way.
  After what I'd read I can wait. I can also sell you some used ones if you want as now that I see it won't be a total nightmare I'm not so concerned with holding on to all mine.
  As I see it you have several options. 
Buy some used ones.
Get one of your stock straight ones measured and order a set.
Send one of yours to a pushrod place and have them make up a replacement set.
I searched custom length pushrods online and found a plethora of places that offer this service. I'd find the closest one to my home and give them a buzz.
  You should be able to get a measurement at any machine shop.
I've got a couple of weeks of heavy overtime till this semester is done, then I will start on my heads.
   Right now I'm thinking I will probably use the 100K heads, have them cleaned and checked. I'm thinking, maybe 4.0L valves might be a good enough upgrade point. I know stem size is smaller on the 4.0L. That's just a thought though. Need to do some research.
  Couple companies I came across for cams.
Bullett cams, Voodoo/Lunati. Lunati was bought out, but one of their guys stayed on under the Voodoo name as near as I can tell. IIRC what I read right, one of the other Lunati guys is now the "guy" behind Bullett cams. Both have good reps from what I read, Bullett is supposed to be fast too.
   Trans, yes, the 287 does use a lighter duty trans then the 327. I'm not sure if it will or will not hold behind a mild 327. The converter is different too, IIRC, the 327 uses an engine mounted ring gear on the flexplate. 287 uses a ring on the converter and smaller flex. I hate using IIRC, but I don't want to give the impression I am 100% sure of this.  I've often wondered if the 287 converter is looser then the 327 and could be used with the 327 trans.
  I think that if you bide your time a 327 will come your way. For what you seem to want to do I'd suggest looking hard for a 65-68 Vigilante Jeep Truck or wagon. It'll give you what you a Block and turbo 400 if automatic, bellhousing if standard. I'm not real sure of it's trans pattern for the bell though. That OD would be a nice trans for street use, not sure about racing. if your building dependable "old school" as is what I want for mine, the OD would let you have car that could be cruised on trips easier. It might not be the fastest combo on the track. I'd think the gear spread may be a little too far apart to make for a real good racing application. Bracket racing is mostly against the clock so if your willing to accept it for what it is I believe that it would be a good choice. I'm a stick shift guy for most all occasions, except for the after math of the header over the handlebars, broken vertabraes and shattered collarbone nightmare!
  

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Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5

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From: d stohler <das24rules@xxxxxxxxx>
> would you be so kind as to ask on the amc forums if
> anyone still has that 4 bbl intake for sale? summit
> racing sells the custom fit pushrods. you cut to your
> own length and press in the other end. i was going to
> go that way, till my buddy (who is a drag racer) told
> me that unless you have an exact way to measure EVERY
> single pushrod, ie, a micrometer that will go that
> long. 
> 
> im sure someone could make a go/nogo tool for them.
> weld up a jig that is the perfect length, and if they
> fit, go, sloppy, that one is no good. cut them just a
> little long so you could grid it down to fit
> perfectly. im sure someone could figure it out and
> make it nice and easy. i know i could get another 327
> block/rods pistons. but, they are clear up in oregon.
> i am in oklahoma now. anyone within a couple hundered
> miles have one to part with? 
> 
> o ya, and another question about converting. some
> people have said that the 327 had a different trans.
> will the 327 be to much power for the current one? i
> still have that t89/r10. or maybe its an 86. i keep
> gettin them mixed. its for a v8 rambler. i just need a
> bellhousing. that would be FUN i think. 327, 3 speed,
> o/d. hmmm....
> 
> so now, who has a bellhousing to work???
> 
> dave stohler
> http://picasaweb.google.com/das24rules
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