Re: [Amc-list] How 'bout a Chevy?

[Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx]

$10K and that's cheaper than an AMC engine???

Not a lot of support for a SBC swap around here.......

--
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
" I was different before people dared to be different" 

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Clarence Milstead" <cmilstead@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Thursday afternoon I took my cars to my favorite garage for their annual
> state inspection, they passed with flying colors, even the 36 year old
> Gremlin. After the inspection I looked around the garage, in one stall was a
> sharp looking 1966 Ford with a 390 4-V engine complete with chrome valve
> covers, it was getting a tune-up. In the next stall was a Jeep that they
> were removing the front cap and radiator from. The mechanic was the same one
> that put the 3.55 gears and posi in the Gremlin. The Jeep had a 258 six and
> it was coming out and a SBC was to be installed. The mechanic said he had
> probably done 20 of these swaps. I told him that I might want to put an AMC
> 360 or 401 in my Gremlin one day. He said he could do it but it would be
> easier and cheaper to put a SBC in.  This SBC came from a pickup that had
> been rolled and totaled but the engine was not damaged. It will have fuel
> injection and all of the modern goodies. He showed me the wiring harness and
> computer that was on the workbench. I asked about the radiator and he said
> they bought a special radiator for the SBC that worked fine. Then he showed
> me a Jeep outside that looked great and had been lifted a little. He said
> the owner had over $10K in the SBC engine alone. Out of my price range. He
> said he thought he knew where an AMC 360 was located but it didn't have a
> transmission.  I'll probably never do anything but if I do the SBC would be
> tempting. Cheaper and parts available everywhere.. 
> 
> -------------- next part --------------
> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
> URL: 
> http://www.amc-list.com/pipermail/amc-list/attachments/20070622/671d8662/attachm
> ent.htm 
> _______________________________________________
> Amc-list mailing list
> Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list

_______________________________________________
Amc-list mailing list
Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list