Re: [Amc-list] 71 Gremlin 232 (AMC 15 axle vs AMC 20)

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The AMC15 will take more abuse then most give it credit for.
I'm still abusing mine.
It's 3:31 twingrip with 255/60/15's and if it was weak it would be broke.

--
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrc II
" Chronic Pain Hurts"

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From: Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxx>
> Don't sell the 15 short! It will stand up to around 300 hp easy enough. I ran 
> one in my 4.6L stroker for a while with no problems at all. It would roast one 
> tire in first for as long as I cared to hold the accelerator down -- I always 
> ran out of parking lot with safe stopping distance. The speedo would reach 
> 65-70, but I was never actually moving more than 35 or so. That was with 
> 205/70R15 street radials. Now if you plan on running tires over 8" wide or 
> narrow slicks you might break something. Other than that the 15 is good for 300 
> hp or so. My 4.6L develops around 260-270 hp (net, which would be 330-345 
> gross), and it was in a heavier car than a Spirit (63 Classic wagon). I have no 
> doubts the AMC 15 would have lasted 50K+ miles -- it already had 104K on it when 
> I got the car! Never so much as replaced a bearing or heard the least bit of 
> complaint from it the two years I had it. I ran a D35 from a Commanche for 
> another two years, but it just did fit with 3-3/4" backset wheels
>  . Had to replace bearings on that one, but it was a high mileage (and probably 
> abused) junkyard pull. Got the D44 (Jaguar) in it now, which is supposedly good 
> for 500-600 hp. But it's just there because I found a rebuildable core cheap, 
> and decided the IRS would be neat in a Rambler wagon. Won't go that route again 
> (ended up costing me $1800)!! 
> 
> ---------------
> Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:55:20 -0800
> From: Jim Blair <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> On my own car:
> I'm in the market for a Model 20 for my '82 Spirit (near Seattle) for the same 
> reason. I just had to get a shop (Randy's Ring and Pinion) to fix the rear 
> wheelbearing on my Model 15 (they called it a Model 35) but since I'm pumping up 
> my motor (4.0L head with EFI and 2wd AW4 auto) I figure I need to get started on 
> strengthening things now before my right foot gets too heavy!
> I thought about using the 2wd 727 I have (from a postal Jeep) but they are too 
> power absorptive for my liking.
> 
> -- 
> Frank Swygert
> Publisher, "American Motors Cars" 
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