Re: Anyone want to help this guy (NOT!) put a BBC 454 into a '73 Javelin?

[farna@xxxxxxx]

I sent the guy a message. The point is, if someone wants to do something like this to his car, he may as well be given a bit of knowledge to do it right! I advised Brian Anderson (see this month's Hot Rod "Pump Gas Drags") and he ended up getting old Ramblers a good bit of recognition. I'll be the first to say it would have been so much better had there been a turbo AMC 327 or even 360/401 under the hood, but to have even a SBC powered Rambler in the top 10 makes more people think that Grandpa's old Rambler just might be worth saving. Young hot rodders aren't made of money, so they will tool around with the original powerplant for a little while anyway. I'm talking with a guy over on the AMC Forums who's fixing up an old 327 now -- a couple of us have him talked into adapting a Edelbrock Performer and locating a cam to have reground before ditching the thing (which reminds me -- anyone have a dead 287/327 they can pull the cam from?). Besides, the less the guy hacks on the J!
 avelin, the easier it will be to pull the BBC and reinstall an AMC engine later.

On August 15, 2005 Jerry Casper wrote:

> GOt an email thru my Ole-trucks mail list, guy has a
> brother in law with a son, both have javelins, one is
> an AMX, the son want's his 401 back, Dad doesn't want
> a 360 in his, so...he wanted to put a 454 Chevy in it.
> I decided to forward this to the list, and you can
> email the guy with a yay or nay on if it can be done
> at all. I don't know enough about the side spacing to
> be knowledgeable. Anyone want to (politely?) help this
> guy keep from making a mistake?
> 
> Jerry Casper ( original Ole-trucks message below...)
> 
>  Guy who needs info -  eds57@xxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Subject: [oletrucks] Sorta OT: AMC/engine swap ?...
> Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 20:15:03 -0400
> 
> A question from my brother in law prompts me to ask
> ....anyone know
> anything about swapping a 454 Chevy big block into a
> '73 Javelin AMX? Bro
> has the Javelin (not really an AMX, but looks the role
> to a T).
> Currently has a 401 from his sons' gennie '73 AMX. Son
> wants 401 back, dad
> doesn't want the 360 in his car. Has a line on a good
> '87 454 with a super
> HD built 400 th. He and I have heard of BBC in an AMC,
> but need more
> info. Can anybody steer him/us to a good source? I
> told him get the
> engine and tranny anyway, I'll figure out the $ angle,
> and put it in my '57!
> Torque of a 454, no substitute for cubic inches, same
> money in a big
> block vs. small block...big block wins!
> Thanks for the assistance, group!!!!
> 
> Ed in Mich
> '57 3100
> 
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