I've only had my American 15 years. I hesitate to think how many thousands I've dropped into a $350 car. how many hours of work on said car? Does that count??? -- 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> > For being an AMC 'Ground-Breaker' running an AMC TURBO '6' - how is it > you're showing up HERE of all places talkin' an 'Antique' '61 Chevie going > into a GREMLIN ? > > > > That was a little out in left field. That engine would really wind, right on > past the 6,200 redline. I figure the Gremlin and the 'Vette are about the > same weight so the performance would be about the same. Only problem is that > the 'Vette had 11:1 compression and needed 100 octane gas or it would ping. > Yes, I've been working on my Gremlin ever since I bought it in Dec '70. > Always trying to make it better in some way or other. I'm really a 1950's > hot rodder at heart. First engine I worked on was a flat head Ford. You must > have read the Turbo article. I did it all myself except for a little help > with the mount. Runs great and with the 3.55 gears I had to add traction > bars to keep it from twisting the springs. I may check into the Atlanta > 360's and stockpile one. However, the turbo runs great for now. When I > mentioned the Chevy 350 in a Jeep I didn't mean to start a firestorm, at > least it increased traffic on the board. I guess the 350 is almost the > universal replacement motor in many vehicles. Interesting to read the venom > from some people, I wonder how many of them have kept an AMC car for 36 > years? When I spent over $1K to rebuild the engine in what was probably a > $500.00 car that was commitment. That's the point that most AMC's go to the > bone yard. I bought the Gremlin because it was different and it's really > different and rare today. Thanks for the comments. > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://www.amc-list.com/pipermail/amc-list/attachments/20070626/984844b5/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