[Amc-list] 304 building

["Brien Tourville" <hh7x@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

To: <das24rules@xxxxxxxxx>


Mid 71 was the last of the high compression cars. The 72 will be 
around
8:1, maybe 8.5. But you've got the right idea -- the heads flow just 
as
good as the higher compression heads. Just get the pistons you need 
for
the compression you want. You might have trouble finding anything but
stock replacement 304 pistons though, unless you go to custom forged
slugs. 


<~~>


8.67 TO 1

According to one comparative post,
360 / 401 heads out flow Early Hemi Heads - stock.,

There's a couple of new posts about 304 pistons
available at the moment -

If you're going to add pistons to the build,
go and join the Bulltear.com Forum - all
the Tech questions you have about 304 builds
and the vs 360 builds are there and answered.

One post to not miss is by 'Blown7' - who spent
$5,000.00 on Dyno Time for his built 401 that 
sports a Blower - a BuG Catcher EFI - and NOS
- and the photos are pretty cool


You might want to look around for a Ford 302 EFI system. That would 
be
nice on the 304. If you don't want to worry with machine work on the
intake or replacing it with an EFI ready intake, look for CFI 
(Central
Fuel Injection -- Ford's TBI) models. Those would be 82-87 or so. 
Look in
T-birds, Cougars, and Lincolns. A few Mustangs used it, and some 
trucks,
but most trucks still used a feedback carb. A GM TBI system from a 
305
should work well also -- about the same years. The Ford system should 
be
more adaptable -- the AMC Motorcraft distributor can be modified with 
the
Ford EFI distributor parts. Just a thought! 




<~~>  MC @ Bulltear.com will modify an AMC intake to accept 
Fuel Injectors - the rest you can pull from salvage yards.



  
        =Bt=
  milnersXcoupe
   "The Heretic"

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