Re: [Amc-list] (no subject)

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Rod journel is thinner on the sixes IIRC,
Still here

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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: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
> Don't laugh at me -- anyone know if these rods would these work
> in a 199 six?
> 
> It's the one major item missing from my Navarro Indy 500 motor
> -- .44" thick cylinder walls (182ci), double-O-ringed head and
> block, with AMC R&D cylinder head and well over 2" valves.
> 
> I have True Forged pistons, ... I don't know pin height, I
> believe but have not verified stock stroke. I'm a ways from
> specing up that motor but good rods would be nice.
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, 20 Mar 2008, Greg Taylor wrote:
> 
> > Good evening all,
> >   I have a set of EIGHT 1968-69 5.79? forged rods that have been completely 
> rebuilt/resized. Polished, weight-matched/balanced, shot-peened and reamed for 
> floating pins. Include ARP high-strength bolts.  These were originally done for 
> a blower motor.
> >
> > Match these up with the set of TEN Forged Venolia pistonsfor a 0.030? overbore 
> 304 V8 (now 3.78?). These pistons are dished for a turbo or supercharger 
> application and yield around 8:1 with stock 304 59-cc heads. Pistons are 
> weight-matched/balanced and come with full floating pins and locks ? SET UP FOR 
> THE ABOVE 390 RODS with ~1? wrist pin (stock 304 pin is 0.93?). Pistons also 
> have valve reliefs for 1.94? intake and 1.50? exhaust valves (Small Block Chevy 
> valve conversion on 304 heads).  These were the pistons I was going to run in 
> the twin turbo engine, which is now being built for naturally aspirated use in 
> my Grand Wagoneer.
> >
> > You can mate these pistons and rods up to a 390 crank (3.574? stroke) to make 
> a 321-cid stroker. With 390 crank, they are 0.051? in the hole (from stock 304 
> deck height of 9.208?).
> >
> > You can run them in a 290 block with a 390 crank, and they would be roughly 
> 0.018? below deck.
> >
> > You can also run these pistons/rods with a 401 crank (3.68? stroke), which 
> puts them -0.002? ABOVE deck (on a 9.208? deck height). This combo would make a 
> 330.4-cid stroker. IF your block needs to be milled, you could have the piston 
> tops machined down accordingly, by a machine shop, to regain the Zero-deck.
> >
> > Lastly, these pistons can also be run on the stock 304 crank/rods (3.44? 
> stroke & 5.875? rod), which puts them 0.033? below deck. To do this, the 304 
> rods would have to be machined out for the 390 wrist pin size.
> >
> > RODS: set for $225
> > PISTONS: set for $325
> >
> > PACKAGE STEAL AT: $500
> >
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Greg Taylor :)  <><
> >
> > And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life 
> is in His Son. He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of 
> God does not have the life.  - 1 John 5:11-12
> >
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