Re: [Amc-list] How 'bout a Chevy?

[HOTROD74GremlinX@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 6/23/2007 1:08:13 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
cmilstead@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

Thursday  afternoon I took my cars to my favorite garage for their annual
state  inspection, they passed with flying colors, even the 36 year old
Gremlin.  After the inspection I looked around the garage, in one stall was a
sharp  looking 1966 Ford with a 390 4-V engine complete with chrome valve
covers,  it was getting a tune-up. In the next stall was a Jeep that they
were  removing the front cap and radiator from. The mechanic was the same  one
that put the 3.55 gears and posi in the Gremlin. The Jeep had a 258 six  and
it was coming out and a SBC was to be installed. The mechanic said he  had
probably done 20 of these swaps. I told him that I might want to put an  AMC
360 or 401 in my Gremlin one day. He said he could do it but it would  be
easier and cheaper to put a SBC in.  This SBC came from a pickup  that had
been rolled and totaled but the engine was not damaged. It will  have fuel
injection and all of the modern goodies. He showed me the wiring  harness and
computer that was on the workbench. I asked about the radiator  and he said
they bought a special radiator for the SBC that worked fine.  Then he showed
me a Jeep outside that looked great and had been lifted a  little. He said
the owner had over $10K in the SBC engine alone. Out of my  price range. He
said he thought he knew where an AMC 360 was located but it  didn't have a
transmission.  I'll probably never do anything but if I  do the SBC would be
tempting. Cheaper and parts available everywhere..  


The cheaper thing is just about b.s nowadays as you can't even find a good  
350 chevy in the yards anymore.and if the guy doing the swap has a new 350 from 
 a later model truck,he didn't get it cheap that's for damn sure.Also 
nowadays  the Jeepers are using the AMC V8's as there are kits avail now to do a 
swap. A  chevy i a Jeep may be cheaper but its no more easier than dropping a AMC  
V8.While it is tempting to swap your Gremlin to a Chevy 350,keep in mind the  
carshow guys on both the Chev camps and the AMC camps will give ya crap for  
it.
 
Bart
74 Gremlin X  360 V8



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