WHAT?? You can builkd on HECK of an aMC V8 for under $10K !! I have no where that in my INDY headed 401. Everything is new,custom ground cam....etc!! Balanced...pistons,head porting...etc. There WAS a 998 AMC trans on ebay for $99 NO one bought it! that wpould have been perfect for a V8 Gremlin. Just look around some. NEVER consider a CHEBBIE engine.....!!!! Around where i live in Illinois i never see a Gremlin in a junkyard...cept one poor one rotting in half!! Heck...where you located? I have several 360 engines. Might put the good running 360 4bbl in a 1939 Plymouth pickup truck!! Thanks,joeOn June 22, 2007 Clarence Milstead wrote: > 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 /attachment.htm > _______________________________________________ > Amc-list mailing list > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list ============================================================= Posted by wixList Archiver -- http://www.amxfiles.com/wixlist _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list