[Amc-list] bout a Chevy, please no.

["Richard Estermyer" <javelinman74@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>From my understanding...
my 80 oncord wagon, 6cyl, I have a 304 in the garage and would like to swap 
when the time comes to stop the 6cyl.
I have learned/heard that the cross members for V8 Gremlins, Concords and 
such are the same, a bolt in thing.  Just the cost to buy one IF not lucky 
enough to pull one from a RARE scrap.
Also told that the trans in my concord will bolt right up to the V8 and the 
6cyl.  I have replaced the radiator with a 3 row so I am set there.  Wiring 
would be the final question.

But always wondered why they say that a S B C... would be "cheaper"?  304's 
are still out there as is some 360's.  401 another thing, but some are 
there.  Why would the AMC in an AMC be cheaper than a smaller blocked cheby. 
  Heart transplants save lives, in people they are still the same person, 
but there's still something about an AMC with a different heart in it.  Just 
not right for me.  My AMC's run GREAT!

Any thought's?

(Also have some calendars left, June07 - May 08, graveyard and a couple 
dealerships.  Sold 1 on e-bay, so $10 includes shipping to get my money back 
and quit this silly idea.  No one seems to want calendars anymore.)


Richard


Message: 5
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 22:01:09 -0500
From: "Clarence Milstead" <cmilstead@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Amc-list] How 'bout a Chevy?
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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..




Richard

Richard Estermyer
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