Re: Telling the diff between AMC 2.5 and Iron Duke

["Jim Blair" <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

A: I have wrestled several of these around (4.0L and 2.5L) and there is a 
noticeable difference in weight. I'm pretty sure it's lighter than the 196 I 
had as a spare for the '61 Rambler I sold. I have a 904 off one of the 4 
cyls that had Renix TBI. It's a 4x4 one, but the parts to swap it to 2wd are 
easy to come by. (just about any mopar slant six and many small blocks have 
them too)


From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: Telling the diff between AMC 2.5 and Iron Duke
Message-ID: <20050404104549.R655@localhost>

Anyone know what the fully-accessorized weights are, AMC 2.5L vs.
258 or 4.0?

I know this list has a bias against things less than 2 * 4
cylinders, but the 2.5 sounds like a good retrofit for older,
smaller cars.

If there's substantial weight differences it would help a lot;
also it moves the mass towards the back of the car, always a good
thing (for front-heavy cars like AMC/Rambler).

Modest turbo on one of these things for HP around 180 would be

very, very hot.