Re: 304/290/200R4 - now V8 Fuel Mileage

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I would love to have that hardtop!
Only problem is getting it here!
That and the fact that my wife would just die!
Mark Price
mpriceAtwestco.net
Morgantown, WV
69 AMC rambler, 4.0L, EFI, 5 speed 
65 Ambassador Conv, 327 AUTO, Basketcase
01 S-10 CREWCRAP 4X4



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From: fljab@xxxxxxxxxxx
Reply-To: mail-From-mprice-westco.net@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Date:  Wed, 11 May 2005 14:49:17 -0400

>On May 11, 2005 mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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>> Yeah, Yeah, Rub it in already!
>> Uh, if your building a 400 horse motor won't you need to sell the T-5 to me to get a stronger trans?????  :]
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>> From: fljab@xxxxxxxxxxx
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>> >It would be nice to go to a Tremec in the 390 car, but I came up with this entire setup, bellhousing to driveshaft, for $1000 with the SVO trans that had been bought directly from Ford Motorsports and had 7000 miles on it.  It was behind a 304 Spirit before I bought it.
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>Well, I'm a ways from actually having a 400 hp motor, and had planned to run the T5 for awhile yet.  I think it's plenty strong enough for street use if you don't abuse it too badly.  I would LOVE to get a Tremec for that car, but as you've pointed out on your projects, it all costs $$ of which I don't have unlimited supply.  I was lucky to come across the T5 setup when I did.
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>As to selling it, or any of my cool parts in general, it seems that the stuff I want/need to get rid of, nobody wants.  I hate to get rid of things like that T5 setup or my intake manifolds unless I would do a trade for something I need at the time that is a similar valued/hard to get item.  
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>It's kinda like when I was looking for 195.6 parts, I either couldn't find them or had to pay market value; now that I really don't need all that stuff anymore, you can't give it away! Such is the stock of AMC'rs in general.
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>Parts I would sell:
>>'64 195.6 OHV rebuilt
>>'65 195.6 OHV used needs rebuild
>>'67 OD 3 sp trans t96 (well, maybe I would, would rather trade)
>>(2)998's
>>(1)727
>>T96 3 sp trans
>>AMC 15 American rear end, 2.73 ratio(althou I'll probably put it under the Hot Rod during refurb of the car to roll it around on while I go through/detail the AMC 20)
>>Used 360 engine, unsure yr, rotates and appears rebuildable (trade for 304)
>>'65 American 440 Hardtop (contains the 195.6/3 sp combo above, not rebuilt)
>>Near complete T10 4 sp setup (bellhousing, trans, yoke, shifter, tunnel side-hump, some clutch parts)+ I think I have a parts T10 as well.
>>(3) unknown-original-application 4 sp toploaders
>>Other stuff/small parts I'd have to find/catagorize
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>It would be great to trim down some and concentrate on my projects.  Much of this stuff I've gotten over the yrs and just hung onto it as I've had a place to put it.  When I moved into this house 3 yrs ago, I realized I had squirreled away alot of stuff, it just kept coming and coming like one of those prank springs in a box.  It, like, de-compressed!  I'm still putting stuff away and re-organizing.
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>Jim Boone
>Mims, FL
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