Re: [AMC-List] 1971 Turbo Gremlin

[adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)]

" From: "Swygert, Francis G MSgt 436 CES/CECM" <Francis.Swygert3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
" 
" The "nailhead" or universal TH-400 pattern won't fit your car. It's an
" old Buick pattern that has a shallow bell housing. GM sold it as a
" "universal" trans because the shallower bell made it easy to use an
" adapter. 
" 
" No one makes an adapter for the pre 72 AMC six to any other
" transmission.

jeep did, though i have no idea how many were made; they advertised
the th400 as available with the 232 from '65 on.

" If you need a stronger trans, the only thing you can do is
" install a Borg Warner model 11 or 12,

this you're likelier to find.  they were used with the 196 before the
aluminum warner, and in at least one of the early/mid '70s postal jeep
batches.

" or even a model 40 if you have the
" air cooled 37 now (probably have a 40 though). The 37 and 40 are nearly
" the same, except that the 37 is air cooled and the 40 is liquid cooled.
" IIRC the 37 has provisions for an external cooler though. You can run a
" cooler and that will help a lot. 

these can be beefed quite a lot.  i have some notes from australia
where it was virtually the only auto available for some cars even with
small v8s, and they call for some bw51 and bw65 parts...  the only part
that should be hard to get here is a valve body for the aussie falcon,
though perhaps either jag or bmw - both of which used aluminum warners
up through the '80s - used something comparable.
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