There's absolutely no doubt in my mind what I would do with that! None... 265 cu in stroker. H.O. efi. Keep everything else and drive it. Maybe, just maybe I would go with a 4.0L If I was healthy enough to pull it off I would swap the 4.0L from my American to the Concord. Install the stroker and the world class T5 in the American. Use the wagon for a daily driver in the three decent weather seasons till the snow flies... -- 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: Richard Estermyer <javelinman74@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > Got the 82 Clean Loaded Concord w/bad piston in the garage! Trying to calculate > the least expensive way to go... have 304 which would need valve job, bearings > and rings and minimum rebuild, plus the cross member conversion. Or- a 4.0 Jeep > 6 banger (love that torque) and an early head (rebuild one available) and > whatever else needed in that conversion. Or-replace the piston and gaskets on > original (105,000 mile) motor. Of course not a lot of funds available at this > time, but some, and the need to get this running so as to sell the 80 Wagon per > what I told my wife, in case she was listening to me. Yeah, she was... > Suggestions and opinions welcome. Than You All!!!Happy New Year > Blessings,Richard Estermyer javelinman74@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > _________________________________________________________________ > Send e-mail anywhere. No map, no compass. > http://windowslive.com/oneline/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_anywhere_12 > 2008 > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://splatter.wps.com/pipermail/amc-list/attachments/20081229/993fdd98/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