Re: [AMC-List] 401 crank wanted & IH question

[adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)]

" From: Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxx>
" 
" 
" You're right about the 304. I wonder why they put those heavy things in 
" Scouts instead of the much lighter AMC engines. They used the 258 and
" their own four cylinder (which was half the small V-8), then used the
" heavy V-8 instead of a lighter one! Maybe AMC didn't feel they had the
" capacity to provide 304s or 360s (hmmm... a 360 Scout!!), but needed
" the added sales to keep the volume of 401s up. I don't think the Scout
" competed with Jeeps that much -- it was more or less between a CJ and
" FSJ. 

i've heard that the little ih trucks were always loss leaders, meant
to grease the sales of the big rigs.  in line with that, the 345 [for
example] is the same mill used in 2t and 5t trucks, complete with
nitrided crank and forged rods.  [i was told in the early '80s that a
new 345 cost $4500!]  this sort of overbuilding is why their scouts
and pickups got such a rep for toughness.

in only started using amc sixes after they stopped using their own
mid-200s-cube mill, perhaps for emissions reasons.  this was about '68.
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