Re: [AMC-list] an act of sacralige???

[Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxx>]

For drag racing I don't find this "bad" at all. That you have the Ford stuff is a plus as far as cost, but I'd rather you risk blowing up a common Ford or Chevy engine rather than an increasingly uncommon AMC. Depends on just how hard you want to run, of course. A guy in FL ran a built to the hilt SBC in his drag AMX. He kept the stock 390 to put back in the car when his racing days were over, assuming the car survived (heck, that was a few years ago -- probably at that point now!). His reasoning was he could trounce the Chevys and easily replace them as needed, but not the 390. Just make sure you make those engine mount adapter plates bolt on, or weld where you can get the side grinder to the welds easily to remove later.

Oil pan and pickup shouldn't be a problem. Summit and Jegs have rear sump pans and pickups for SBFs. The SBF 400 is basically a 351W block, right? Trucks typically used a rear sump, but I'm not sure if a 302 pan will fit. Just a little research, and may still have to mod the pan to fit the AMC body. At least the dizzy is up front and not against the firewall!

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Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 22:50:46 -0800 (PST)
From: d stohler<das24rules@xxxxxxxxx>

in my mind, yes its an act of sacralige. (spelling is probably jacked up.)
a ford engine in a '79 spirit? to go drag racing? well, guess what friends...
im about to commit this act. ya, its all wrong in my mind, but, i have a car,
i have an engine. i have a guy who is going to work with me on getting an
amc 360 and an auto trans, but they need work. my frod 400/c6 are working
right now. i have all the goodies for the frod 400, and a strip shift kit
for the c6 from my last drag car build. (car got to rusty to run anymore)
all kinds of parts i bought for it and saved from when i crushed it. im
going to run this frodulant power for now, till i have the 360 and the auto
trans built, and ready to go.  all i have to do is get a rear sump oil pan/pickup,
and build motor mounts to mount to the factory perches. finding the oil pan/pickup
is tough. but cheaper, easier than rebuilding the amc engine/trans to get going.
im a bad man, i know, but its only for a short while.

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