Re: [AMC-List] "Can anyone help this Person"

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 7 Nov 2006, Sandwich Maker wrote:

> brace yourself.  from the late '60s, the buick 350 is down below 500
> lbs dressed, whereas the iron-head 426 hemi is nearly 850.  afaik
> these are the extremes.  [btw buick also had the lightest big block]
> 
> there is ~100 lbs difference between sbc and bbc, ~550 and ~650 lbs.
> likewise between the small ford v8 and 429/460.  the fe weighs ~750,
> the chevy stovebolt 6 does too, and so does the gm 6.2/6.5 diesel.

I meant of course similar designs; it's not a surprise the
big-block GM motor is so heavy. The AMC 8's seem analogous to
the SBC and small Ford, more or less. Didn't mean to make an
exact comparison.

That Buick 350 is light though!


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