I have a set of used standard bore 199 flat tops if anyone is into the small bore six and wants them. $10 for packing them and whatever actual shipping costs. They are still on the rods, but I don't have caps for the rods anymore. They wandered off somewhere. -- Mark Price Morgantown, WV 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5 2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II " I realize that death is inevitable. I just don't want to be around when it happens! " -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Greg Taylor <amundaza@xxxxxxxxx> > I just remembered that Matt Kievit here in Michigan adapted Ford 2300cc Pinto > pistons into his 258, with a 258 head for a serious compression ratio. He was > running around 0.035? squish between piston and head. It was a really sweet > motor. He had the ford pistons machined out to accept AMC wrist pins. > > The 199 flat tops or 290 flat top pistons would be good. > > Sincerely, > Greg Taylor :) <>< > Rochester Hills, MI > 1989 Jeep Grand Wagoneer "TRMN8R2" > > 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 > > > --- On Thu, 10/2/08, Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx <Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > From: Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx <Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: [Amc-list] LPG 258 > To: hh7x@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, "AMC/Rambler owners, drivers and fans." > <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Thursday, October 2, 2008, 8:52 PM > > A lot less milling if you slip a set of flat top 199 pistons in there first! > I think we spec'd out about 10.5-1 with the 199 flattops and a 4.0L head in > basically stock heights. > > I believe you can use a chevy 250 six piston in a 4.0L block to get around the > 11 or 12-1 range too. > Again, not positive of the exact needs to accomplish this. But heard it is > doable. > > -- > Mark Price > Morgantown, WV > 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5 > 2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II > " I realize that death is inevitable. > I just don't want to be around when it happens! " > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: Brien Tourville <hh7x@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > LPG runs best with high compression - so - > > a 4.0 7120 head to a stock '81 258 > > would require roughly how much shaving > > to accomplish 11 to 1 compression ? > > > > > > T > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: > > > http://splatter.wps.com/pipermail/amc-list/attachments/20081002/599d6eb9/attachm > > ent.htm > > _______________________________________________ > > Amc-list mailing list > > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list > > _______________________________________________ > Amc-list mailing list > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://splatter.wps.com/pipermail/amc-list/attachments/20081003/e26357a1/attachm > ent.htm > _______________________________________________ > Amc-list mailing list > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list
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