[Amc-list] 304 / 904 - no no , Noe - No.

[Brien Tourville <hh7x@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 13:56:43 -0400
From: "Richard Estermyer" <javelinman74@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Amc-list] bout a Chevy, please no.



80 oncord wagon, 6cyl, I have a 304 in the garage and would like to swap 
when the time comes to stop the 6cyl.
I have learned/heard that the cross members for V8 Gremlins, Concords and 
such are the same, a bolt in thing.  Just the cost to buy one IF not lucky 
enough to pull one from a RARE scrap.
Also told that the trans in my concord will bolt right up to the V8 and the 
6cyl.  I have replaced the radiator with a 3 row so I am set there.  Wiring 
would be the final question.




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Use the www.Bulltear.com 6/V8 swap mounts - easy / neat / strong.




-BUHTT-




As my 'Good Friend' Kip Winger sings in his Video Vh-1 :

"Headed for a Hearrrt-Ache"...






The A998 is/was used behind the 304 - for good reason -
and was usually 'dead' by 90K miles -


The A727 is/was used behind the 360/401 - for more good reasons -
mine in my '73 360 AMX was 'dead' at 92K miles -



Eagle Wagons ATE 998s for 'Lunch' on a regular basis
as they ran them WAY HOT due to the Wagons Weight
and lack of any sane cooling efficiencies.



Yes, there are a few that made good numbers on their
Odometer..... BUT NOT MANY !!

120K and they were TOAST around these hilly parts.


No........ I don't want to hear 'TESTIMOANIALS' on
Eagle Transmission Milage Awards - 

I saw enough of
them junked AND checked the mileage........"...yeah,
nice body.... trannies shot tho...." oK.....thanks.


304/904 = "Smokin' Joe Rootie"


Do it right - find an A-999 from a late Wrangler - 
and run a rough cast alloy aftermarket deep pan
and the Muth of ALL Trannie Coolers with a Thermostatic
Bypass.


Your 6cyl 904 has less clutches -smaller bands and will
spit a pressed in fitting holding your less than stellar
3 planateries in place.


I'll say also, you could find a Lock Up 998 and rebuild it
along with an aftermarket Loc Up TQ convertor that will have
a thicker 'neck' that goes into the pump - as these
fracture easily [mine did...] - which will give you a 'Hydraulic Overdrive'

You can get a kit to upgrade the Lock Up 998 to 999 specs-
which is the BEST way to go for a TQflite install -

 - if not - 

a late model 999
at the very least with deep extra Qts. CAST alloy pan -
not polished - and a Trans Cooler / Thermostatic bypass.

Create a 'Stud Kit' for the Trans Pan rail - Loc Tite the
studs in - this way - you won't rip out those tiny frail
threads when you 'blink' and feel miserable as the trans drips itself
dry on your concrete floor.


Wanna' get 'jiggy' wit-titT?

Install a 2wd Aisin Warner 4speed Automatic from an '88-'89 Cherokee
that uses the 'stand alone' TCM - transmission control module.

These go for 'dirt' cheap on the www.naxja.org  site - post an
Want Ad - go for 'The Gold' - have a *Sweet 4spd* and save a pile of headache.







".....CAN I GET AN 'AMEN BRUTHAhh'?









yeah, ...  -








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