Re: [AMC-list] 232 in an early American

["Armand Eshleman" <aje1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tom,
You're idea doesn't sound bad at all. I was at a local body shop the other
day and saw the front of an Audi car that was tore apart. It had a V-8 in it
and THREE radiators. The two supplementals were along either side of the
primary radiator. Sort of in front of the wheels. I thought is was rather
interesting that Audi engineered this setup. One of the guys at the shop
made some comment about Audi having a bunch of heat exchangers laying around
that they didn't know what to do with so they figured out a way to put them
in this car to get rid of them.........
I had a Lola Formula Ford that had two radiators, but they were hooked up
wrong, in series not in parallel. So if you do the swap and install two
smaller radiators in the fenders, hook them up in parallel with equal length
and size piping/hoses.
Armand
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tom jennings" <tomj@xxxxxxx>
To: "AMC, Rambler, Nash, Jeep and family" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 2:56 AM
Subject: [AMC-list] 232 in an early American


> I am NOT going to do this, but since I had the '63 Classic (1970 232) and
> the '63 American ('63 195.6 ohv) nose to nose... I thought, 'OK, just how
> hard *would* that swap be?'
>
> Well...I'm not moving the transmission [else what's the point of this
silly
> venture], so the engine will just have to stick out front more. When all
is
> said and done, rear flange to harmonic balancer (OK damper) the 232 is
only
> 3" longer. Right smack in the middle of the radiator core.
>
> But what if there was no radiator... there? Then it fits fine!
>
> So where could a radiator go... well... if there is no battery there (to
the
> trunk with it), you can *just* cut a 13" x 15" hole in the driver side
inner
> fender, and put a pricey custom 4+ row radiator and matching electric fan
> and blow hot air into the wheel well!
>
> It's not really THAT crazy. You'd need to fab up only motor mounts and the
> cooling system. The rest literally bolts in. The '82 aluminum intake
manual
> *just* clears the inner fender.
>
> Just one odd custom radiator.... A vanilla 1bbl 232ci would be a huge
> improvement. Complete driveline compatibility too, no fiddling with gear
> ratios or tire sizes.
>
>
>
>
> I happen to have a spare ratty looking '61 American... and that Navarro
> motor... and a T-14... heh heh. I've done stupider things. Not this year
> though.
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